Salmon fishing in Puget Sound helps veterans with post-traumatic stress

The waters of Puget Sound hold more power than some realize.

Popular for boating and fishing, the waters also produce healing, calming waves for veterans and service members at the annual Salmon for Soldiers (S4S) event held out of the Port of Everett Marina.

The smiles on the faces of veterans and service members as they hold and display their newly caught fish really capture the point of "piscatorial therapy."

Yes, that is an official term, gained from scientific evidence that fishing can help relieve post-traumatic stress! And this is exactly why S4S exists.

“Yeah, well, hopefully, they can have at least one good day where they don't have to think about their problems and they can come here and have some fun. You know, there's been a pretty bad epidemic of suicide,” veteran Bradley Burt told KOMO News.

Burt said he heard an ad for S4S on the radio and decided to try it, even though he had never fished before, because he was looking for a non-destructive activity after serving eight years as a U.S. Army combat engineer.

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