Maybe a little more information is needed. I fish lakes and reservoirs. We have a 50% chance the bodies of water will freeze in the winter. Last winter they did not and I spent all winter chasing walleyes. My wife and I have been a boat owner for only a year. We decided each year we would pick a new species to target. The first year was chasing walleye in the river system and lakes. This year we started chasing crappie. Next year will either be Kokanee or Sturgeon or even burbot. We've only missed 6 weekends in the last year to take our boat out fishing. Our drive time to get to navigable water is an minimal of 1.5 hours up to 3 hours. I have tried to search (winter) on the forums not much shows up in the search for winter.