Excellent topic, everyone is really opening up on this one. I've read most of the posts it's raining here thats why and couldn't get out fishing.
For me I'm migrating to panfish as I get older. I agree with you don't have to get to the lake at sunrise, I like using UL or fly rod, yes the tap you feel or the action of the bobber. Also the fight from a gill as it turn 90 degrees to the pull as your reeling them in. Like making poppers for fly fishing and tear drop lures for ice fishing and following the technology changes with panfishing lures.. Also like the taste of bream and
crappies. It probably also goes back to a gill is the first fish I caught with my dad as 6 year old.
But also theres alot of excitement bass fishing that bewitching hour when the water is like glass. You cast that top water lure out and bring it back and you notice a V waking coming behind and Bam that bass crashes that lure.