Mindful Moment with Mike: Fishing during the pandemic

OKLAHOMA TRADITION WITH ALLOUR LAKES AND PONDS...U+200BBUT DID YOU KNOW MORE PEOPLEARE SEARCHING FOR FISHINGLICENSE INFORMATION RIGHTNOW... THAN THEY HAVE IN THEPAST FOUR YEARS.U+200B MIKEBROOKS HAS MORE ON FISHING'SPOPULARITY THESE DAYS... INTODAY'S MINDFUL MOMENT WITHMIKE.

U+200BCORI... U+200B A HARRISPOLL SHOWS 24-PERCENT OFPEOPLE WITH KIDS UNDER 18...WERE THINKING ABOUT GOINGFISHING DURING THEPANDEMIC.U+200B THAT'SALMOST ONE IN FOURPEOPLE...U+200B SO I TALKWITH STEPHANIE VATALARO...ABOUT WHY FISHING IS SOPOPULAR RIGHT NOW... AND THEBENEFITS IT PROVIDES.U+200BIn this time with thispandemic going on, I thinkit's a great way that peoplecan escape from all thecrazy news, get out innature, and experience someof those health and wellnessbenefits, and you can gowith your little tribe thatyou've been quarantiningwith.

It's a great activityto do in small groups.and you can social distancewhile you're doing it.so what are some of themental health and wellnessbenefits from doing this?There's a lot of studies outthere that say just beingnear the water does thingslike lower your bloodpressureand heart rate.

For kids,spending time in nature isgood for their focus andattention, like kids withADHD.

And I think there's alot of lessons they canlearn from it too, right?There's the big one -patience, becauseyou're not always catchingfish.

1:38 It's just agreat way to emotionallyconnect and make memorieswith your family.We've seen a huge increasein demand for fishinginformation.

And one of thethings that we do, is weprovide our visitors linksto their state agencieswhere they can buy theirfishing license.

And we'veseenalmost a 300% increase inthat metric alone.Whether it's somethingyou're just starting out ormaybe you have a fishing rodlying around and justhaven't used it in a coupleof years, people are takingthis opportunity to pick itup and check it out.IF YOU'VE BEEN THINKINGABOUT "FISHING"... TAKE MEFISHING DOT ORGHAS A LOT OF INFORMATIONABOUT WHERE YOU CAN DOTHAT... AND WHERE YOU CAN GOBOATING.U+200B YOU'LL FINDA LINK ON OUR WEB SITE...KJRH DOT COM.U+200B MIKEBROOKS... TWO WORKS FORYOU.U+200B