Would you move for the sake of fishing?

[bulletbob]

I have been posting for several years now, and some may know I live a long way from the NJ shore, although I lived there [ or close]the first 37 years of my life.. I miss it terribly. Not NJ towns so much as they have changed drastically, and have become very crowded,, but the ocean, the bays and coastal rivers is what I miss so much.. I live in upstate NY, and there is some good fishing, but its just NOT like salt water.. My area is mostly deep trolling with downriggers for trout.. The 2 big lakes here are cayuga and seneca, both around 40 miles long, 2 miles wide, and Seneca is over 600 feet deep, cayuga is 435 at its deepest, and yes there ARE fish down there!..

That kind of fishing doesn't appeal to me in the least.. We have some good smallmouth and walleyes nearby in the susquehanna river, but thats very short lived, from May, until late Nov, and then it becaomes tough to fish.. Even during summer, the river is often unfishable for weeks at a time, when we get heavy rain...
So here I am, a hardcore saltwater fisherman, landlocked in upstate NY..
I am now 60, and will retire in about 1 1/2 years.. I REALLY want to move at least a few hours further south, maybe into central Pa... a 2 or 3 hour drive to the shore is much less daunting than a 5 hour one...
I grow weary of our 6 month+ winters up here as well..
The NJ shore is probably not in the cards due to the incredibly high taxes, and high home prices.. I was thinking maybe southern Pa, or maybe Delaware or something.. Anything to be closer to salt water, and not so far from the NJ shore, as I feel the best salt water fishing on the east coast is centered right there.. We get southern and northern species there, and the fishing is year round.... I just want to be able to get some real salt water time in before I am too old.. That time is getting closer each day... Anyway, just making conversation here, and I would like to get thoughts from guys here about it..

Have you ever moved, or would you move just for fishing opportunities??..

I would probably drop everything, and buy a small house within a few miles of the shore, but my wife wants to stay here... I can see our differences of opinion causing problems after my retirement.. Maybe I will think differently in time, but I doubt it.. Time has NOT lessened my longing to be near the salt, it has increased it as the drive down becomes harder and harder each year... sucks getting old... anyway, it should make for an interesting conversation.... bob