If I could put my boat in within 500 ft of my house and catch trout I assure you I would not drive to Cocodrie. If I didn't have to work, not independently wealthy like you, I would come. Nice part of Alabama. My mother was from Sumter county. I'm planning to make the Talquin trip if weather cooperates. Also if I lived in Cocodrie, Gulf Shores, or somewhere on the gulf, I would probably do very little crappie fishing. Like saltwater fishing a lot better