Exhibit (24)



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                   KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
                               Thomas F. Pyle, Jr.

hereby constitute and appoint Helen P. Johnson-Leipold and Paul A. Lehmann, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Johnson
Outdoors Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and any amendments or supplements thereto, relating to
the registration of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.05 per share (the "Shares"), issuable under the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2000
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), and to file the Plan, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the
Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.

                WITNESS my hand this 28th day of February, 2003.


                                              /s/ Thomas F. Pyle, Jr.
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                                              Thomas F. Pyle, Jr.







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                   KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
                                Samuel C. Johnson

hereby constitute and appoint Helen P. Johnson-Leipold and Paul A. Lehmann, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Johnson
Outdoors Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and any amendments or supplements thereto, relating to
the registration of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.05 per share (the "Shares"), issuable under the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2000
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), and to file the Plan, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the
Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.

                WITNESS my hand this 28th day of February, 2003.


                                              /s/ Samuel C. Johnson
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                                              Samuel C. Johnson







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                   KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
                                Gregory E. Lawton

hereby constitute and appoint Helen P. Johnson-Leipold and Paul A. Lehmann, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Johnson
Outdoors Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and any amendments or supplements thereto, relating to
the registration of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.05 per share (the "Shares"), issuable under the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2000
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), and to file the Plan, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the
Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.

                WITNESS my hand this 28th day of February, 2003.


                                              /s/ Gregory E. Lawton
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                                              Gregory E. Lawton







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                   KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
                                 Terry E. London

hereby constitute and appoint Helen P. Johnson-Leipold and Paul A. Lehmann, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Johnson
Outdoors Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and any amendments or supplements thereto, relating to
the registration of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.05 per share (the "Shares"), issuable under the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2000
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), and to file the Plan, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the
Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.

                WITNESS my hand this 28th day of February, 2003.


                                              /s/ Terry E. London
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                                              Terry E. London







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                   KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, That I
                               John M. Fahey, Jr.

hereby constitute and appoint Helen P. Johnson-Leipold and Paul A. Lehmann, and
each of them individually, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign my name as a director of Johnson
Outdoors Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and any amendments or supplements thereto, relating to
the registration of shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.05 per share (the "Shares"), issuable under the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2000
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), and to file the Plan, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration of the
Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

     I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
each of them, have done or shall lawfully do by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.

                  WITNESS my hand this 24th day of July, 2003.


                                              /s/ John M. Fahey, Jr.
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                                              John M. Fahey, Jr.