America's Top 20 Fishing Towns

The February 2008 issue of Field & Stream Magazine features the top 20 fishing towns in America. Field & Stream polled the nation’s top angling professionals to determine the list, comprised of towns with populations of 100,000 or less. Editor of the magazine, Anthony Licata, says these are the best places to live if you live to fish. Towns were judged on the availability of year-round fishing opportunities, cost of living, fishing culture and outdoor related economy, quality of life and diversions other than fishing.

Field & Streams top 20 are:
1. Glenwood Springs, Colo.
2. Mountain Home, Ark.
3. Traverse City, Mich.
4. Bozeman, Mont.
5. Minocqua, Wis.
6. Apalachicola, Fla.
7. Nantucket, Mass.
8. Bend, Ore.
9. Guntersville, Ala.
10. Morehead City, N.C.
11. Missoula, Mont.
12. Ely, Minn.
13. Page, Ariz.
14. Driggs, Idaho
15. Jasper, Texas
16. Tahlequah, Okla.
17. Beaufort, S.C.
18. Eufaula, Ala.
19. Redding, Calif.
20. Montauk, N.Y