I love to read all these great tips for the QJ people who have real world experience behind them.

Not even close in the fishing skills dept, but one thing I do know as a casual fisherman, if you don't have a lure in the water, your not catching fish ;D

Unless weather conditions preclude it, you should be trolling a lure on your travel days.
You can rig them so they're virtually snag free and who knows what you might catch?

I'd rather arrive in camp after a hard day with my fish dinner in hand than set camp and head out, hoping you hit that narrow window of opportunity.