If you want to fish a great deal, don't live on the water.

I've lived on the water most of my life, when you first move to a new place you fish a lot, but that tapers off.

When I lived on Salt water I started fishing only when the conditions were perfect. It had to be mirror flat, no wind to be seen, plus fish chasing bait that I could see from the porch.

On the river the stars needed to line up, water, weather, the target species, etc.

The times I didn't live on the water I fish more often for a longer period of time.

Now I fish from the beach out front and carry nothing but pliers, no tackle. If I loose the one type of lure I have tied on I go home. I only use one lure in one color from the beach.

There is only a small time slot when I fish, it's about 45 minutes at sunset. This is absolutely the most productive time. And I stop at 5 fish, which may be 10 minutes.

I don't keep many fish, I haven't kept a hatchery steelhead in probably 7 years, or take pics