I definitely favor salt water, too. I do really miss the freshwater trout fishing up north, though. That is some delicious fish and great on light tackle!
Down here, we have record large mouth bass, but I just won't eat any of the freshwater stuff due to all the chemical run-off.
That said, we also have some of the best off-shore fishing in the world (plus brackish in-shore) with some delicious varieties of fish you just can't get up north, or even in many stores, like Snook, Wahoo, Cobia, Dolfin (Mahi - not Flipper!), Pompano, King Fish, and saltwater trout which is about as good as the freshwater trout and just as fun to catch (total opposite approaches, though!).
I also agree that there's something spiritual about fighting some of those big sporting fish like Tarpon, Sailfish and Marlon and watching these huge creatures just fly out of the water and can take well over an hour just to land, IF you're lucky enough to land them!