Yep I reckon Nitro hit it right on the head!
Give me a day outdoors any day, not an easy thing now-a-days; especially when commitments to help out family & friends are made.
That time no matter how small is most precious & to me is totally relaxing - even if nothing is caught!
I really liked the halibut when in Alaska & Canada on a holiday, beautiful eating fish, but my preference to salmon I'm sorry is not there at all.
Just the little humble whiting that my mum used to catch off the beach when she was still alive were the best for us. She could catch a fish in a bucket of water - me, all I can catch is a cold!
Doesn't mean that I don't enjoy it - rather the opposite!
So when I do go it's a chance to have a 'chat' to her, even if she's been gone nearly 50 years now.
Wet a line every now & then - good for the soul.