With an MBA from the University of Alabama, James Dixon of Mountain Brook oversees business operations as the managing director of the southeast region at Stifel Nicolaus & Company, based in Birmingham. Away from the office, James Dixon enjoys spending time outdoors hunting and fishing.
Whether for recreation or for survival, people have been fishing for centuries. Some aspects of the activity will likely never change, but there are a few trends that have developed recently. Here are three examples.
1. More affordable, quality equipment
For several years, only a few purveyors of fishing gear existed. The expanding market has yielded more variety, higher quality, and lower prices, making equipment more accessible to anglers than ever before.
2. New underwater technology
The tech industry has proliferated itself in nearly every market, including fishing. At the 2017 CES conference, fishers caught a glimpse of the first underwater fishing drones, which hold the potential of detecting fish and making catches at depths and conditions previously unimagined.
3. Crowding of popular locations
What used to be considered the outskirts of town have now connected with the urban landscape as cities throughout the United States and Canada have grown. As a result, once popular fishing holes are becoming more crowded, requiring anglers to travel further to find more remote water.
