I haven’t fished much for the past 25 years. That’s when we moved from Colorado to Oklahoma, and my favorite fishing was in fast water with flies. I never was much of a bait fisherman, and there aren’t many trout streams here in Oklahoma.
MIL was originally from Michigan and now in SW Colorado. She loves her bait fishing. Uses a John Boat in summer, but never uses a motor, electric or otherwise, and she likes oars and rowing on small lakes. She hauls her little boat out to her favorite lake in the pickup and launches it all by herself to fish all day long, then loads it back up and drives home.
In the winter, when her favorite lake is frozen, she spends a good part of the day out on it with her snow shovel, hand operated ice auger, stool, and thermos full of coffee.
CD in Oklahoma