Fishing trips, gas, and you

[lknbassman]

Absolutely it's affecting it.  I live on Lake Norman in NC and it's a pretty big reservoir.  Fishing it effectively requires patterning fish and finding them just like anywhere else and riding around costs money as of late, lots of it.  I dropped $150 to fill up my TR21X HP just last week and I'm only driving a short distance to the boat ramp as I keep the bass boat on a trailer and the other boat on a lift just so I don't have to pay for gas on the lake.   It's close to $5!!!!!!!  This is ridiculous and is way past getting out of hand.  So much for an election year helping out with the economy........

[wagn]

There are so many nice ponds within an hour of me that I never have to go very far anyway. Gas is just another reason I love only having a 25hp and a small boat.  

I don't drive far because of gas concerns but more because it cuts into fishing time

[Joel W]

Since I fish the NYC reservoir system with boats on 3 reservoirs, I'm pretty much locked in to my 3 hour weekly round trip. My "partner in crime" lives a lot closer, but not anywhere near enough to my driving route where we could meet and drive up together.  As for work, that's a min of 45 min each way depending on the traffic, and there's plenty of it on the LIE.   Right now we still making ends meet, but with $4/gal right around the corner and no end in sight, late summer right through the fall season should be real interesting. And I don't even want to think about what home heating oil will be costing come the fall.  

[Redlinerobert]

I've actually been fishing Coyote much more lately, huge fish in there (I've yet to catch one of those  ) but it's only 15 minutes from home.  

9 mpg in the H2 is just silly.  >

[Branuss04]

I've already warned my gf that the more gas goes up, the less I can spend on her so I can still afford to go fishing  ;D.  I slept on the couch that night, and the next night, on so on  .   It's worth it though!!!

[Big T]

That's why I'm telling y'all split the cost 50-50; gas at $3.27 is now $1.635

I've got partners who can go at the drop of a hat & they'll drop the hat

Catt is right this is exactly what we use to do back when my friends and I were King Mackeral fsihing offshore years ago. It was nothing to burn 30 to 40 gallons of fule on calm day.

[Big T]

Luckily for me, I live about 10 to 15 min from work and it's about the same for fishing. So, I don't let it stop me from taking road trips.

10 minutes to Sutton Lake- maybe 7-8 miles

5 minutes to Wrightsville Beach.

It is those trips to Carolina Beach that kills me 30 minute drive with weekend traffic.

[Bassn Blvd]

I'm on my 4th tournament on the same $20 gas that I put in on the way to the 1st tourny.  My 90 Merc Optimax gets very good mileage.

[KU_Bassmaster.]

In the past I have normally made 3 or 4 "day" or weekend fishing trips a year.  (100-400 miles one way)  I haven't made one of those in two years now and I don't see that changing anytime soon.  Last year I even installed a hitch on my 4 banger Accord to haul my little boat around,  It was getting to be a pain to borrow my dad's truck and fill it back up everytime .... especially when it really wasn't needed to haul my little boat.

[bigdog]

take whatever it takes.

[Pitchinkid]

Price of gas is alot like the price of snuff to me. if skoal is $10 a can im still paying it. if it cost me $10 a galllon to go fishin im still paying it. why? its just that important to me.

[New Bass Man]

Well I fish and get gas on a military installation.  So I'm combining trips.

[Quinn]

I've already warned my gf that the more gas goes up, the less I can spend on her so I can still afford to go fishing ;D. I slept on the couch that night, and the next night, on so on . It's worth it though!!!

I maried my gf so I would have to crunch the numbers to see if a divorce would justify the cost of fishing away from home ;D

I love her, she will fish with me but not as interested in trips to do it.

[Mike 12345]

i always have the money to put gas in my truck to go fishing, its finding the money to put gas in my truck to get to work thats causing a problem

;D

Ain't that the truth?

[clipper]

Not only does the price of gas affect where I fish, it also reduced the number of 2 hour trips I took to deer camp last year >. If all these folks that drive SUVs would get a Honda, it would reduce the demand for and then the price of gas and I could afford to drive my F-150 ;D. I wouldn't even mind if they cut the speed limit back to 55 like they did in the 70s to reduce demand for gas.

[burleytog]

it also reduced the number of 2 hour trips I took to deer camp last year >.  

Try five hour trips to deer camp.  Five years ago I made the trip three to four times a season.  The last two years I've only made one trip.

[Big-O]

Don't live near a lake or river system but I have a swimming pool! Hmmmm... de clorinate, stock bait fish,  stock Bass. Wow, then I could fish 24 hrs a day and never have to leave my back porch. Oh..... but then I would be around the house more and have to do more chores  .....Scratch that idea, I'll just pay for the gas.

Big O

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[toolpush]

the oil companies pay performance and safety bonus's on the wells we drill for them. this is my fishing money. my only problem is i get 5 days off a month in a row its hard to please the wife and fish monkey both. the fish monkey usually wins though.

[fishfordollars]

I will continue as I have been doing, just staying instead of driving back and forth.

[Rattlinrogue]

I pretty much fish within 30 miles or so of my home,so I'm good.Also I fish smaller(500 or less) lakes,and I use a 25 HP Yamamha.Gas is not a problem with me...yet.

[snyper77]

There's 2 or 3 good places to fish within 35 miles, which isn't too bad. What I'm concerned about is I have 2 sons (ages 8 and 11). I want to take them tubing and swimming. The nearest lake for such activities would be about 125 miles (round trip) + gas for the boat to pull the tube up and down the lake. It's just REDICULOUS when it costs $100 for gas, just to take your kids to the lake to ride a tube.

[B-Ass-Mad]

Glad I bought an aluminium boat with a 40 yamaha! When gas hits $9 gal in 5 years time then I'll worry about it. The day of the 5 litre truck it coming to an end!!

[Bassnajr]

I just bought a 21' Procraft DC 205 with my buddy. I used to play golf....talk about spending money. Bass fishing is all I do now. So, no, I will not be detered by the cost of fuel. It is the one sport or hobby that I have left out of them all I used to do before I got hurt in a car accident. That having been said, there is absolutley no reason why gas should be $3.50 a gallon in this country. We have men and women dying in the Middle East to "free" these countires and introduced democracy. We spend BILLIONS re-building what we blew up, and we still pay outrageous gas prices. This is how our country is rewarded by these animals!! >

It's BULL CRAP!!!!! OK, I vented!!  

ajr

[bassmedic46]

Fishing the ponds close to home.

[simplejoe]

Gas prices are killing me and my business. We have a camp about an hour north of us and I think I might sell it this year > > my kids will be ticked off they love it up there and so do I, we used to go up there every weekend but now I not to sure what were doing. My wife's Land Rover and my van are both gas hogs time to buy a VW, all the places I fish now are all within 5 miles for me