[petre]

It's also quite improbable when one lives stress free. Also, looking at the water clears your head and makes you more productive in the end.

Maybe if one engages in rock fishing or cliff jigging and slips off a wet rock, they could get a debilitating accident.

Didn't like for years it but I've finally taken up sport fishing myself last year, after a Greek taught me how they do it and let me try. Shore spinning can be very relaxing and one can enjoy water sports at the sea even in a Bf 4 breeze or during swell conditions when the red flag is up.

https://youtu.be/ayZ-x8CWH4k

Now if I go to the seaside I also bring my tackle along with the wetsuit and swimming goggles. In some countries you need a fishing permit (Croatia, Italy). In Greece you only need it for commercial fishing.

[nickpp]

My grandfather was a fisherman. Had a massive heart attack that killed him at 60. I barely met him. Years of hard work, exposure to the elements, the ever-present stress of the next catch, family worries and a general life of subsistence were not kind to him.

He was "lucky" he died too, if he survived he would've faced a disabled life in a place with no health care or general services beyond basic. Such was the life on the remote undeveloped seaside.

His wife and kids though surely would have liked to be left with something more than the fishing tools, boat and shack...

[petre]

You realise I wasn't talking about commercial or subsistence fishing.