How feasible is it to fish for sustenance?

Newbie question: how feasible is it to fish for sustenance, to stop buying grocery store meat and to start living off the land, through fishing year-round?

I live in Provo, Utah, near some popular fishing lakes, I'm discovering.


I've been wanting to find a hobby that would get me into the outdoors on a regular basis, for at least one day per week. And it seems like fishing can be done year-round.


The idea of being more connected to my food, of not needing to buy (expensive) meats at the store, and naturally getting more fish oil in my diet (though additional supplementation of fish oil would also be needed to get serious benefits) -- those all seem like good reasons to for me to get serious about fishing for sustenance (whatever that's called).


Two Questions:

(1) After paying for: a fishing licence, fishing pole and bait, and maybe an $80 year-round pass for daytime access to National Parks; do the numbers still add up to be saving money by fishing every week, instead of buying meat from the store? (Freezing fish fillets, to cook and eat throughout the week, fishing one or two days per week in lakes that have plenty of fish and could yield enough catch to last all week long.)


(2) Since fishing for sustenance seems like an enjoyable hobby, it might be worth it even if there is just a small amount of financial savings, or (worst-case scenario) just breaking even with how much it costs to buy meat and fish from the store. ... Is anyone already doing what I'm describing; fishing every week and saving/freezing extra fish for consumption throughout the rest of the week?

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