Up until about 10 years ago, Walt & I mainly cast for most species we went after. We love to cast! However, it started becoming more & more difficult - osteoarthritis - on the shoulders and arms, after a couple of hours of casting. So, we adapted. Started off drift fishing with the wind, sideways. Turned out to be ultra-productive for us. Even more so than casting! So we kept it up.

However, again, you can never depend on the wind for controlling your of depth & speed. So, again, we adapted and took up with Roger Gant's method of "Side pulling" with a gunnel mounted trolling motor. Now we have the best of both worlds. We now can cast for a while, then when the shoulders start acting up, we side pull our jigs. Works well for these old timers - 74 years young and going strong!

There will come a time, as you get older, where casting becomes less & less an option, so you just have to do what you have to do to keep on fishing. Wish I were 20 years younger again!