Editing Angling (section)

==Motivation==
A ten-year-long survey of US fishing club members, completed in 1997, indicated that motivations for recreational angling have shifted from personal leisure, outdoor exercise, experiencing nature and thrill of the catch, to the importance of [[family reunion|family time]] and [[human bonding|social bonding]] via recreational fishing. Anglers with higher [[family income]]s went fishing more frequently and were less concerned about obtaining fish as food.<ref>{{cite journal | doi= 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2004.00384.x | last1= Schramm | url= http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118796512/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130105214254/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118796512/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 | url-status= dead | archive-date= 2013-01-05 | first1= H. L. | last2= Gerard | first2= P. D. | title=Temporal changes in fishing motivation among fishing club anglers in the United States – Abstract | access-date= 2009-05-06 | journal= Fisheries Management and Ecology | volume= 11 | pages= 313 | year= 2004 | issue= 5| url-access= subscription }}</ref>

A German study indicated that satisfaction derived from angling was not dependent on the actual catch, but depended more on the angler's expectations of the experience.<ref>{{cite journal | doi= 10.1577/M04-220.1 | last1= Arlinghaus | url= http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18131231 | first1= Robert | title= On the apparently striking disconnect between motivation and satisfaction in recreational fishing : the case of catch orientation of german anglers | access-date= 2009-05-06 | journal= North American Journal of Fisheries Management | volume= 26 | issue= 3 | pages= 592–605 | year= 2006 | bibcode= 2006NAJFM..26..592A | archive-date= 2012-06-09 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120609174515/http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18131231 | url-status= dead | url-access= subscription }}</ref>

A 2006 study by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries tracked the motivations of anglers on the [[Red River of the South|Red River]]. Among the most often stated responses were the fun of catching fish, the experience, to catch a lot of fish or a very large fish, for challenge, and adventure. Use as food was not investigated as a motive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkbc.ca/torc/downs1/segmentingfishingmarkets.pdf |title=Segmenting Fishing Markets Using Motivations |author=Yeong Nain Chi Socioeconomic Research and Development Section Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries |work=e-Review of Tourism Research (eRTR), Vol. 4, No.3, 2006 |access-date=2009-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706184420/http://www.linkbc.ca/torc/downs1/segmentingfishingmarkets.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-06 }}</ref>