Fishing is as simple or as complicated as you want to make it. A boat, while nice to have, also isn’t a requirement. Some of the best anglers that I know have never owned one. Some boats have motors and electronics that cost more than most cars, yet an angler in a kayak without electronics can catch them just the same, and sometimes better.

As we head towards another new year, and deer seasons around the country begin to conclude, the anticipation of another spring begins to fill the mind. For some, the thought of spring is never far. It is always there, living rent-free in the afflicted minds.