calories burned seems high

tlb1175

621 calories burned for 4 hours of fishing. Does that sound right?

nishatay

That's only about 155 calories per hour which is reasonable. It depends on how active your fishing was. But if it seems too high then only log half of that to be safe.

tlb1175

Thanks nishatay!

MeanderingMammal

To me, fishing covers everything from sitting on the bank watching the rods, through fly fishing, out to being in the back of a boat in a rolling swell. Three very different propositions in terms of energy usage.

So, not unrealistic for the latter but I'd agree the others probably aren't much above BMR

tlb1175

My family and I do tons of fishing. The type of fishing we do does involve quite a bit of movement...... on top of it being 90+ degrees with 95%+ humidity! Got to love Louisiana weather. I have never looked at fishing as someway to burn calories/exercise.