Both persons ride in the vehicle with the canoe to the upstream put-in. They then float down the river, catching fish and enjoying the outdoors. Canoes can be rented for reasonable prices alongside basically every great floatfishing river in the country. Really, with the exception of multiple-canoe group floats that require more planning regarding shuttle logistics, floatfishing is a simple way to get on the river. In my home state of Virginia, we are blessed with numerous non-tidal rivers that are literally full of catchable fish.
Waders using a few spinners can catch dozens of bass and bream on any given summer day.
Our large impoundments and lakes, on the other hand, are typical. Expert anglers do reasonably well, and novices are often skunked. The river environment is also, quite often, more conducive to angling success. In the typical large impoundment, detailed knowledge of breaklines and seasonal fish movements are undoubtedly required to separate the skilled from the lucky. On most floatfishing streams, however, there simply is not enough water for the fish to escape being found by the determined caster.