Most of my fish are caught trolling.  Even discounting all the time I spend trolling while exploring, which is near half my fishing time.

The only exception is bass.  I'll putter around hitting structure for them all day long.  Depending on the lake & the fishing I might still be in sight of the camp by the end of the day.  Going from Mosquito Point I barely made it to Pickerel Narrows and back in time for dinner!

Trolling simply covers more water.  Also, with more line out there's fewer spooked fish around.