I have a cabin in the northwest corner of Maine. I have been going there since I was 7 years old. It is very remote. The access road ends about 6 miles from the cabin which is a full day drive over dirt logging roads to the nearest town or gas station. We are on a 28 mile lake that is fed by 3 separate river systems. When I go up there next month for a week we will see more Moose than people the time there. The rivers have Trout and the Lake has a good population of Salmon. I love to catch all of these fish! Often I have people on the boat who fish fresh water for the same fish in addition to Bass, Muskies, Pike and Walleye. The comment I get after a day of fishing is the great difference in how the same sized fish fight much harder in the salt water. Although there is nothing to replace casting to Native Trout on a small pond in the Maine Woods – the fact is they do not pull as hard as Salt Water fish of the same size. I looked up the facts to this and the speed that salt water fish move through the water is very different than there cousins on a Lake or Stream. The difference is great. 65 to 70 miles per hour for a sailfish. Almost as fast for a Wahoo and over 50mph for Dolphin. Most fresh water fish are in the 15 to 25 mph range. A 4lb blue runner pulls harder than any fresh water fish I ever caught! We use 4lb test line in Maine for almost all of our fishing – the first bite on the reef would probably break the line. We use 12lb as a minimum for 3lb snappers. This is not to do anything but confirm for people who have not done the saltwater thing before that YES you are right the saltwater environment is a tough place to live if you are a fish avoiding those that will eat you if they get the chance!

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