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Gas cost and fishing?

Posted: November 18th, 2007, 8:57 pm
by Redbelly
How will the rising cost of gas affect your gulf fishing trips from now on?

I can pull my boat to Aucilla for $27 right now at today's prices. Usually can get by in the boat with no more than 2 gallons if I travel a lot.

I could afford once a week on my allowance easy enuff. :-D

Posted: November 18th, 2007, 9:15 pm
by What a mess
Boat around 40 miles $47.00 4500 rpm 30 MPH about 3 mpg.

( a buck a mile )

Truck around 225 miles towing a boat, $75.00 about 12 mpg.

( $.25 a mile )

Renew a non resident license for a year $52.00

( a buck a week)

Making my buddy get out of the boat to get my Skitterwalk I told him not to throw up on that Oyster bar.

(PRICELESS.)

Posted: November 18th, 2007, 9:37 pm
by jsuber
Kayak, no gas except to get to the water.

Posted: November 18th, 2007, 9:44 pm
by What a mess
Old fat and lazy I would look like a Buffalo on a Bumble bee.

I have no interest in a dirt bike either.

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 5:32 am
by tin can
If I have the money, I'll go. :roll:

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 7:15 am
by Redbelly
tin can wrote:If I have the money, I'll go. :roll:
My sentiments exactly my dear Mr. Watson. :D

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 7:51 am
by Reel Cowboy
tin can wrote:If I have the money, I'll go. :roll:
Wise words :thumbup:

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 8:00 am
by wevans
Two Grouper trips and two trips on the river and I just used the $20 worth of fuel I put in the boat "around 6 1/2 gallons" :thumbup: and about the same amount for the truck :smt004 :beer:

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 8:31 am
by What a mess
And I thought you had that goofy grin in your picture there because you was drunk.

Looks like you happy cause your wallet ain't empty.

The gas doesn't bother me as much as the time down and back.

It cramps either your fishing time or sleeping time one is as bad as the other.

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 8:36 am
by Chalk
No

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 9:45 am
by RHTFISH
Simple case of priorities!

1. fishing

2. everything else

I'm RHTFISH and my wife does not approve of this message!

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 8:31 pm
by reelcatch
Next to nothin. I bought a little 25hp on a 15 footer and it costs about 15.00 every third trip. Had the big boats, you can keep em I like gettin back in the shallows.

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 9:00 pm
by Reel Slow
When it gets to 4-5 bucks a gallon...yes. Now no.

Posted: November 19th, 2007, 9:53 pm
by yellow dog
fifty bucks a trip is still worth the chance to be alone on the water

Posted: November 20th, 2007, 7:04 pm
by breeze
reelcatch wrote:Next to nothin. I bought a little 25hp on a 15 footer and it costs about 15.00 every third trip. Had the big boats, you can keep em I like gettin back in the shallows.
DITTO. :-)