I boat fished for about 15 years, but those days are largely over and, for
the last 7 or 8 years, the vast majority of my fishing has been from the
bank. More good bass have come from the bank than the boat, but that may
just be a testament to my incompetence in a boat.

On one level, bank fishing is much more relaxing than boat fishing, because
the element of having to locate the fish is removed to a large extent,
especially on the featureless water that I fish. When I do poorly, I can
just tell myself that they weren't within casting distance. That may be a
load of horse manure, but I can still use that for rationalizing my
failures.

I have some places close to home and I'm retired, so time isn't a problem. I
can't stand for too long, so my trips tend to be short, about 1.5 hours, but
I often go three times a day. I just wish that the bass season didn't start
so late in NY (3rd Saturday in June).