Thread: The mental health benefits of fishing

New research out from Otago university/Fish and Game.

A new exploratory study has found that the act of standing in a river, trout or salmon fishing, has mental health benefits.

Should do follow-up study for waterfowlers and upland game hunters too.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018964296/the-mental-health-benefits-of-fishing

No kidding? I didn't need a university study to tell me that.

I said to wife(of 27 years today) just last week "we need to go fishing to reduce our stress" .yesterday we sat in wagon in the rain while some brave worms went for swimming lessons with a safety line attached. Yip we got a trout,I shot a hate that walked past too. The dogs got to romp around in lake and we all went home mentally refreshed. Tony Orman said it well....sometimes we need to catch fish,other times we just need to 'go fishing'.

Originally Posted by Shearer

No kidding? I didn't need a university study to tell me that.

No one did , but they wanted funding and someone clearly wanted to give them money......

I find great pleasure sitting in a boat with a line over the side....Sometimes however the day is ruined when I catch fish and have to clean them...problem is reduced by not putting bait on the hook, but somehow I still catch the odd one.....Dam rocking making the hook go up and down....