How will gas prices effect your fishing.....

[Fishing Rhino]

It will not limit my fishing, but it may limit where I fish.  Boat fuel is no biggie since most of the ponds I fish are small.  Very little time is spent zooming around on those ponds.

Travelling 30 - 40+ miles to some of those ponds will get expensive.  Used to fish four or five days per week, and burn a couple of tanks of gas in the process.  One fill up of the 45 gallon tank in the boat lasts two to three weeks.

I have a great pond that costs next to nothing to fish.  Problem is it's a small pond, and in spite of the great fishing, it gets boring.  I know how to fish it, and while I can still learn new things, it really doesn't pose much of a challenge.

[Grey Wolf]

Most working people with families will be affected to some degree but thank God I don't fall in that group anymore.

[tyrius.]

It won't.  I fish ponds or wade creeks.  All within a 10 minute drive so I don't pay much at all for gas for fishing.

I do wish I had a boat though.  In a couple of years I'll get one so my sons and I can fish together.

[lynyrdsky1]

My truck takes 90 to fill up and I make anywhere between 80 to 100 a week at work........ and don't forget insurance for the truck, fishing expenses and anything else that cost $$$.

[senile1]

It won't affect me. 

[Luke at Gouldsboro]

It won't. I fish lakes within a half hour of me, and I have a Jon boat with an electric motor

[Daniel My Brother]

A round trip to my favorite lake, and a day of fishing out of my jon boat will still be under $20 per trip. Pretty good value.

Budgeting the $20 is much easier than finding the time to actually get out. If I can fish, I will.

[Catt]

I seldom fish alone; my friends & I share all expenses 50-50

My boat is only 15' 5 with a 70 hp & I can fish 2 ½ days on one 12 gallon tank of gas if I run a lot.

[slonezp]

It won't affect my fishing but I'll do without somewhere else in my life.

[Fishing Rhino]

Upon further reflection, I will amend my answer to yes.  It will not effect how much I fish, but some will have to cut back if not eliminate their fishing.

That will reduce pressure and, hopefully, make fishing better for me.

Yuh gotta look for the silver lining of the dark cloud.

[Redlinerobert]

Fishing and hunting are my escapes from work.  I wont allow it to affect it. 

[-nick-]

Upon further reflection, I will amend my answer to yes. It will not effect how much I fish, but some will have to cut back if not eliminate their fishing.

That will reduce pressure and, hopefully, make fishing better for me.

Yuh gotta look for the silver lining of the dark cloud.

Hey it's easy finding the silver lining in the misfortune of others...right? :

[5bass]

My Merc only runs on 93 octane so yes, there are fewer trips in my future. I used to fish 3 or 4 days a week. Now it's going to be 1 or 2. 

[Uncle Leo]

I do not get to fish as much as I would like anyway. I will not allow it to effect me.

[Fishing Rhino]

Upon further reflection, I will amend my answer to yes. It will not effect how much I fish, but some will have to cut back if not eliminate their fishing.

That will reduce pressure and, hopefully, make fishing better for me.

Yuh gotta look for the silver lining of the dark cloud.

Hey it's easy finding the silver lining in the misfortune of others...right? :

What misfortune? It will be a consequence. And, it will affect me, just in a different way. Please don't think I'm making light of how the price of gas will impact some.

It's a valid, and logical, answer to the question posed at the start of the thread. My two biggest fish last year were caught from two different boats, neither had a gas powered engine. My canoe has a trolling motor, and our daughter's Bass Hunter has one paddle.

[ww2farmer]

It won't effect me at all as far the ammount of time I fish, maybe I'll cut 1 or 2 tournaments out, or make a few less trips to further away lakes and stay close to home on those days insted. I drive a 10 year old small, paid for SUV w/6 cyl that's good on gas. I tow an aluminum boat w/25 hp 4 stroke on it. My home lake is 15 mins away, the other lake I fish is 30 mins away. And I will still make the hour or so trip to the third lake I fish as often as I used to. I fish 120-130 days, including 10 or so tournaments, in the April-November time frame, and the last time gas was $4+ a gal (2008) I didn't use but $325 worth of gas the entire season. Granted  2 of the 3 lakes I fish are less than 5 miles long, and the other is less than 15.

[Scorcher214]

The only places i actually drive to go fishing are only 30-40 minutes away so not too bad but yeah, for a 18 year old still going to school(I drive 30 minutes to school and 30 min back(bout 1/4 tank for me) )...It hampers a bit. I got a kayak but didn't use it much last year, will see more use this year!

[SirSnookalot]

Short answer, no effect on me.  The price is around 3.60 here, not sure how much more it is at the marina where the boat is kept.  I did hear that it was 4.95 in California, that's getting pricey, and will most likely go up more at least in the short term.

[bilgerat]

Being that I fish from a kayak and we got rid of our Ford Explorer and got a Honda, I'd say I'm in pretty good shape.

I guess I should mention there are only two inland bodies of water in New Jersey that allow gas engines, and they are limited to 9 hp and below.

[gator1968]

It will affect me alot. I was layed off for 8 months, took a job making less than unemployment. I will prob have to sell my old,paid for, stump jumper, because i can't afford to put gas in it.

[Glenn]

It won't affect me.  Hoping it will cut down on the waterskiiers and jetskiiers though. 

[fishermantony]

Gas prices along with other financial issues are making the season look a little more grim than I was hoping.  Already locked in a big tourney for May with my partner, may not fish many others outside of that one.  You know what though, worst case scenario, I'll go to a beautiful little lake with selective gear rules that has a ton of bass and rumored to have giants, and fish from the shore.  If the biggest of my problems this year are fishing less tourneys and from the boat less...I'm doing all right.

[Keri]

I currently car pool to work which helps but with prices going up we'll be looking for another car pool buddy. Diesel is over $4.00 per gallon here and going up daily. >

[SoFlaBassAddict]

As much as I want to go out and buy a big rig, I'm glad I primarily fish out of a small boat powered by a couple of trolling motors.  My lake is part of my backyard, so I really don't have to go anywhere.  Once in a while I'll drive the car over to a larger lake to launch the boat, but thats about a five minute drive.

I feel bad for the people with the larger boats that can't afford to take them out right now.  Heres to hoping gas prices start to drop.

[Missouribassman95]

LOL all the ponds and lakes I fish are within biking distance, so I guess it doesn't really affect me overly much, probably though it may affect my family fishing trip to Lake Taneycomo, which is three hours away.