Here's a tip ..... it took me a long time to figure out that when I was going fishing with the family, I wasn't going fishing. Confused? I'll try to explain. When I'm fishing, I'm fishing...the whole world goes away. That didn't work for the kids or wife, so I had to tell myself (secretly) that "I'm taking the wife and kids fishing, or whatever else THEY want to do." While it's true that I was able to make a few casts, and occasionally catch a fish, if I kept in mind that the kids and wife came first, then I seemed to have a pretty good time even though I wasn't fishing the way I would normally like.

After a few trips of "family first", I found it much easier to REALLY go fishing without having to babysit the wife and kids, so to speak.

Good Luck.....it's a tough one.