The Best Fishing Towns in each US State in 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Fishing is one of America’s favorite activities. While some enjoy catching their own dinner, others see it as a spiritual experience. As each state in the US boasts solid fishing, it’s not always easy to choose where to go.

A proud angler posing for a camera with a big Red Snapper caught while fishing nearshore in Texas during the summer angling season

To help you decide, we at FishingBooker dug into our data to find out the best towns in most US states. Below, we’ll explain the methodology behind the study and share the ranking of the top fishing towns across 38 US states.

Methodology

We selected 6 criteria based on FishingBooker’s internal data from over 100,000 fishing trips and related reviews and reports in the past year. The criteria are:

  • Number of available fishing charters
  • Average review score
  • Average recommended score
  • Number of guides with the Angler’s Choice Award
  • Number of bookings
  • Minimum price of a fishing trip

All of the above criteria were taken from the past year alone. We also made sure that there was at least one booking in the location in the last 365 days. Because of this, we couldn’t make meaningful rankings for 12 out of 50 states, so they have not been included in the study.

Using the accumulated data, we scored each location in each state between 1 and 10 points for each of the 6 criteria, based on groups of 10 percentiles for each point increase. This means that the maximum number of points a location could get was 60. Importantly, we only compared each location to other locations in the same state, and not to all locations in the country.

This is how we got the ultimate list of the best places in each state, ranked from best to worst.

Top Fishing Town in Each State

In the table below, you’ll find the top-ranking town for each state. In Colorado and Massachusetts, two towns shared the top spot! If you want to see the full rankings for each state, you can do so here.

Location State Points total
Orange Beach Alabama 52
Homer Alaska 55
Morristown Arizona 60
Hot Springs Arkansas 44
San Diego California 55
Columbine & Loveland Colorado 39
Clinton Connecticut 48
Lewes Delaware 47
Destin Florida 59
Savannah Georgia 53
Kailua-Kona Hawaii 49
Waukegan Illinois 59
Jamestown Kentucky 25
New Orleans Louisiana 50
Saco Maine 58
Ocean City Maryland 53
Gloucester & Dennis Massachusetts 53
Traverse City Michigan 59
Duluth Minnesota 42
Biloxi Mississippi 52
Branson Missouri 54
Ennis Montana 42
Rye New Hampshire 35
Cape May New Jersey 53
New York City New York 54
Wanchese North Carolina 58
Lakeside Marblehead Ohio 55
Kingston Oklahoma 45
Portland Oregon 58
Erie Pennsylvania 50
Narragansett Rhode Island 55
Hilton Head Island South Carolina 49
Rutledge Tennessee 46
Galveston Texas 55
Heber City Utah 43
Virginia Beach Virginia 53
Seattle Washington 52
Sheboygan Wisconsin 50

Now that you’ve got this list to inspire you, where are you going fishing next?

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