Enjoy Fishing the Great Outdoors for it's Health Benefits
If you’re biting your nails for musky season’s arrival, don’t keep waiting, but get out on the water and start fishing for your health. As the lakes of the Northwoods experience an early ice out, this is a great time to wet your boat and get in some pan fishing in to help relax away the stress of the long winter in the rearview mirror. Fishing in general offers so many health benefits, outside of the adrenalin rush of landing a trophy musky.
Physical Exercise
The physicality of fishing, while not as aerobically demanding as running or cycling, still works to improve and maintain muscle tone. All muscle systems are working together as you support your upper body movements with casting, reeling, and working baits. Your legs find their workout with small incremental adjustments to maintain balance inside your vessel or while moving up and down the deck. This is a great low-impact exercise that can be suitable for all ages and keep us all young at heart.
Fresh Air and Sunshine
Nothing cures the stresses of everyday life like fresh air and sunshine. As we all know, vitamin D is important for overall body wellness, for example promoting bone health and immune system support, but what you might not know is that sunshine is a factor in triggering the body’s production of serotonin. Serotonin is a calming agent in our bodies that improves mood and helps us maintain focus. Getting out and fishing on a sunshiny day will help you fight off winter depression, reduce stress, and clear the airways of indoor dust and particles.
Patience, Mindfulness, and Achievement
Fishing is great for folks young and old as it encourages focused patience and being mindful of our environment. Fishing can be rewarding as you give yourself the time and skill to earn a reward. Though catching a fish is in some sense fleeting, you may find that the memory of the endeavor remains. The more abstract requirement of trial and error is a great exercise in the development of patience and positive temperament as the rewards are received by those who invest the time and energy. In this regard, fishing can be a great tool for younger anglers to develop a calm and patient demeanor when faced with activities outside of sport fishing.
As you can see, there are many highlights to fishing, not excluding the ultimate rush of catching a trophy musky, and good things always come to those who invest the time. So let this be a reminder, to not wait, or delay. Get out on the water as soon as you can for your physical and mental health and let the outdoors help you find peace, joy, and fulfillment.
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