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The Carolinas Rank Among The Best States in America For Fishing

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1 year ago

September 23, 2022

America is hooked on fishing — interest has been bubbling amongst hobbyists across the U.S., even beyond the pandemic as a way of “social fishtancing.”

So, which states are full of hungry fish or will leave you floundering for a bite?

To mark National Hunting and Fishing Day on Sept. 24, Lawn Love ranked 2022’s Best and Worst States for Fishing.

According to the new report, South Carolina ranks as the 9th best state in the nation and North Carolina comes in as the 10th.

Overall Rank (1=Best)	State	Overall Score	Community Rank	Access Rank	Affordability Rank	Supplies Rank
1	Charlotte	48.95	1	2	39	17
2	Alaska	41.94	9	1	25	4
3	Montana	39.27	7	27	30	1
4	Minnesota	38.17	5	10	9	5
5	Texas	38.04	2	11	36	34
6	Wisconsin	36.27	10	5	26	13
7	Michigan	35.48	13	3	28	45
8	New York	34.8	8	7	8	49
9	South Carolina	34.42	3	13	37	25
10	North Carolina	33.76	11	6	43	18
11	Georgia	32.27	14	24	6	36
12	Illinois	32.1	17	25	3	41
13	Maine	31.79	30	4	21	15
14	Alabama	31.64	6	20	49	8
15	Arkansas	31.62	19	34	22	2
16	Ohio	31.11	15	14	14	40
17	Wyoming	29.94	27	18	35	3
18	Missouri	29.73	21	40	5	16
19	Maryland	29.56	26	8	15	46
20	California	29.15	4	19	50	48
21	Virginia	28.83	22	21	33	29
22	Iowa	28.41	18	41	10	27
23	Indiana	28.08	28	23	18	35
24	Pennsylvania	27.23	23	29	29	42
25	Louisiana	26.88	24	16	47	19
26	Colorado	26.76	20	37	38	10
27	Rhode Island	26.64	46	9	11	20
28	Tennessee	26.53	12	32	51	30
29	Idaho	25.97	16	38	40	31
30	Kentucky	25.55	31	35	19	28
31	Oklahoma	25.53	29	44	24	7
32	Washington	25.33	25	12	48	39
33	Massachusetts	25	45	15	12	37
34	New Jersey	24.67	41	17	13	47
35	South Dakota	24.64	34	39	27	6
36	Hawaii	23.97	50	26	1	50
37	Oregon	23.97	32	22	46	21
38	Delaware	23.24	47	30	4	43
39	North Dakota	23.14	37	49	7	22
40	Vermont	23.03	40	42	17	11
41	New Hampshire	22.98	38	31	44	12
42	Nebraska	22.95	33	36	41	14
43	West Virginia	21.91	35	43	31	24
44	Kansas	21.8	43	46	20	9
45	New Mexico	21.61	36	47	23	26
46	Mississippi	21.13	44	28	45	23
47	Connecticut	20.24	49	33	16	33
48	Utah	19.67	39	48	34	32
49	Arizona	18.85	42	50	32	38
50	Nevada	14.83	48	45	42	44
51	District of Columbia	12.08	51	51	2	51