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This is The Week to Take Someone Fishing.

This is National Fishing Week and this year’s campaign is encouraging people to reconnect with family and friends through the activity.

 

The Canadian National Sportfishing Foundation’s Mike Melnik says fishing has a positive impact on mental wellness adding there’s a low barrier for entry as it can be an affordable hobby. He explains catching fish is one thing but going fishing is totally different, it doesn’t really matter if you catch any fish.  He says it’s nice to catch fish but it’s the experience of going outdoors in the sunshine hopefully, with your friends, with your family, by yourself and it has huge benefits in just getting youself away from distractions, taking yourself away from electronics, so that’s one thing the mental health benefits but also the physical benefit of just being outdoors in fresh air and sunshine getting some vitamin D, that’s a huge benefit as well.

 

One of the messages for this year’s campaign is to get experienced fishers to introduce the activity to someone in their life as a way to help them connect through the hobby. You can learn more about fishing online at www.catchfishing.com.

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