I'm lucky enough to get both through traveling. If I was stuck with only one, I'd flip a coin and not complain. I don't get to do enough saltwater fishing so dream about doing it more, but there's something so serene about portaging to a remote, uninhabited lake, and spending the day in my canoe.
How do you choose between endless evergreens, loons calling at sunset, and tying into a fat, delicious lake trout, or the challenge and exertion of fighting some of the biggest fish on the planet?