Exhibit 5.1
REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN s.c.
1000 North Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
May 8, 2026
555 Main Street
Racine, WI 53403
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Registration Statement on Form S‑8 |
We are providing this opinion in connection with the Registration Statement of Johnson Outdoors Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), on Form S-8 (the “Registration
Statement”), filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), with respect to the proposed sale by the Company of up to an additional 400,000
shares of Company Class A common stock, $.05 par
value per share (the “Shares”), pursuant to the provisions of the Johnson Outdoors Inc. 2020 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
We have examined (1) the Registration Statement; (2) the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws, in each case as amended to date; (3) the Plan; (4) the corporate
proceedings relating to the adoption of the Plan, and any amendments thereto, the issuance of the Shares and the organization of the Company; and (5) such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary in order to render this opinion. In
rendering this opinion, we have relied as to certain factual matters on certificates of officers of the Company and of state officials.
Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Shares, when issued as and for the consideration contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are “experts” within the meaning of section 11 of the Act, or
that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by section 7 of the Act.
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Yours very truly,
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REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN s.c.
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BY /s/ Eric P. Hagemeier
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Eric P. Hagemeier |