Exhibit (5)

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                     July 25, 2003
                                          CLIENT/MATTER NUMBER
                                          033376-0109

Johnson Outdoors Inc.
555 Main Street
Racine, Wisconsin  53403

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel for Johnson Outdoors Inc., a Wisconsin corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), relating to the registration of 600,000 shares of the
Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.05 per share (the "Class A Common
Stock"), that may be issued pursuant to the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2000 Long-Term
Stock Incentive Plan (the "2000 Plan").

     As counsel to the Company, we have examined: (i) the Registration
Statement; (ii) the 2000 Plan and related documents; (iii) resolutions of the
Board of Directors of the Company relating to the 2000 Plan and the issuance of
Class A Common Stock pursuant thereto; (iv) the Company's Restated Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended to date; and (v) such other corporate
proceedings, documents and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to
enable us to render this opinion.

     Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

     1. The Company is a corporation validly existing under the laws of the
State of Wisconsin.

     2. The shares of Class A Common Stock that are subject to the Registration
Statement, when issued and paid for in the manner provided in the 2000 Plan,
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and no personal liability
will attach to the ownership thereof, except with respect to wage claims of
employees of the Company for services performed not to exceed six months'
service in any one case, as provided in Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law.

     We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to references to our firm therein. In giving our consent, we do
not admit that we are "experts" within the meaning of Section 11 of the
Securities Act or within the category of persons whose consent is required by
Section 7 of the Securities Act.

                                              Very truly yours,

                                              /s/ Foley & Lardner

                                              FOLEY & LARDNER

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