Used to drive 3 hours one way with a friend to do some trout fishing. That is as close as they get to Memphis (year round anyhow) so if you want to catch them you have to drive. 3lb crappie is a different story - they are close by but I haven't caught one yet.
We'd leave around 9:00AM, get there at 12:00, fish till dark, eat something, and then drive home. Didn't get home until 9:00 - 11:00PM. Was fun, but then I got married and had children and barely been since. Now, like many others, I don't drive that far unless I'm staying overnight. My eyes can't take the glare of the headlights for much longer than an hour or two after dark.