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Assessing the motivations and wildlife-related value orientations (WVOs) of outdoor recreations, such as recreational fishing (RF), is of key importance to understand the human dimensions of natural resource use and to inform management actions. Using a national random telephone survey, we contrasted the participation rate, the socio-economical profile, and the motivations and WVO of the participants of RF, outdoor recreation (OR), consumptive outdoor recreation (COR), and indoor recreation (IR) in Spain. Participation rates of the four subgroups were 6.6, 15.3, 49.4, and 28.4%, for RF, COR, OR, and IR, respectively. The four subgroups differed in socio-economic characteristics, with women being substantially less involved in RF compared to COR, OR, and IR. Moreover, we found higher incomes and educational degrees of the participants in the three outdoor modalities compared to IR. Motivations to engage in RF, COR, OR, and IR were different. Recreational fishers placed significantly more importance on the motives “to be close to nature,” “to experience tranquility,” “to get away from the usual demands of life,” “to relax psychically,” “to stay with family,” and “to get exercise” compared to the other recreational groups, being very different from the ones to practice IR. We did not find significant differences in the WVO among the participants of the four recreational activities. We conclude that recreational fishing is a widespread recreational activity in Spain, embedded in all the segments of the society, thereby generating substantial psychological benefits, which are not equally produced by other forms of indoor and outdoor recreation., JA was supported by the Ramón y Cajal Grant (Grant no. RYC2018-024488-I), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), and he also received funding from the CLOCKS R&D Project (grant no. PID2019-104940GA-I00) funded by the MICINN and the Agencia Estatal de Investigación, and the intramural research project, JSATS (Grant no. PIE202030E002) funded by the MICINN and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). RA acknowledges funding from the German Ministry of Education and Research (marEEshift: 01LC1826D, Aquatag 033W046A).