JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC — Director's Dealing 2005

May 20, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC (JOUT)
CIK: 0000788329
Period of Report: 2004-12-31

Reporting Person: Johnson S Curtis (13(d) Group)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-12-31	Class A Common Stock	X	161667	$13.04	Acquired	161667	Indirect
2005-05-18	Class A Common Stock	P	55000	$18.08	Acquired	216667	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-12-31	Option (right to buy)	$13.04	X	161667	Disposed	2005-01-07	Class A Common Stock (161667)	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Class A Common Stock	82686	Indirect
Class A Common Stock	29009	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: S. Curtis Johnson reports these shares as settlor and beneficiary of the S. Curtis Johnson Third Party Gift and Inheritance Trust (the "Gift Trust"). Mr. Johnson held the reported option directly until the option was transferred to the Gift Trust in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16a-13.

F2: S. Curtis Johnson is filing this Form 4 because he may be deemed (but does not hereby admit that he is) part of a 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of Johnson Outdoors outstanding common stock. This Form 4 reports the shares of Johnson Outdoors common stock in which Mr. Johnson may be deemed to have a pecuniary interest under Rule 16a-1(a)(2).

F3: S. Curtis Johnson reports these shares as settlor and beneficiary of the S. Curtis Johnson Revocable Trust (the "Trust"), which beneficially owns the reported shares directly, or indirectly as the general partner of certain limited partnerships. Mr. Johnson reports all shares held by certain limited partnerships of which the Trust is a general partner. Due to the nature of such limited partnerships, it is impractical to determine the Trust's proportionate interest (as defined by Rule 16a-1(a)(2)(ii)(B)) in such limited partnerships. Mr. Johnson disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares directly or indirectly held by the Trust in which he does not have a pecuniary interest.

F4: S. Curtis Johnson reports these shares as the sole trustee of certain trusts for Johnson family members, which beneficially own the reported shares directly. Mr. Johnson disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held by the trusts in which he does not have a pecuniary interest.

F5: Stock option granted pursuant to that certain Option Agreement, dated July 8, 2003, by and among the Samuel C. Johnson 1988 Trust Number 1 dated September 14, 1988, as amended and restated, Helen P. Johnson Leipold, S. Curtis Johnson, H. Fisk Johnson and Winifred J. Marquart.