I'm not going to change a thing, accept I will try to spend less in other areas of my life. Maybe take the wife's car instead of my truck. I'll figure it out. But like others have said, fishing is too important for me to miss out.
Good luck to all this season!

I think this might have already been suggested by someone in the past, but I plan on letting my family starve.

Could just be the solution for the childhood/adult obesity that is plaguing our country!!!:uhuh:

Gas prices won't affect my fishing at all. Company I work for pays for all of it. On average, three nights a week, no questions asked.
Best group of people I have ever worked for.

I wont be making runs to Wildcat chasing tuna fish. Then decide to head to Southeast corner then the golf balls in Truro, then hit the South East Corner, then the Race, then Southwest corner, then back to the barn in Green Harbor.

A lot more days spent bass fishing at the race. Sorry Jay :D

yowzer....
makes 21gph on the blackfin look like a dream. Makes Mr. Sandy's boat look even nicer....

from the surf: won't change much. I'm too lazy to drive to westerly or the canal anyway.

on the edge... looks like we need to work smarter for tuna and mahi....

My gas bills go up about 50% once I start fishing, this year it will just be a little more $$$. Maybe it will make it so the eels/tackle $$$ doesn't jump out so much on the visa bill.

For me, it wont change alot, the only thing might be the "iffy" nights.. those nights when there is a "chance" of T storms , when I normaly would drive down any way... and if it happens, turn around and go home, or those nights when the wind is the "wrong" quardrent or blowing a little stiffer than I want... I may be more inclined to stay home than drive 30 minutes to the boat.... I'll probably watch the fuel consumption a little closer ( I have a GPH gauge on my Garmin GPS)... I used it a little last fall, while running the beach, and found that i could squeeze a few more miles out of a tank by keeping the fuel flow @ 6-8 GPH ( 115 merc on a 18' center console) which, if memmory serves me was about 22knots...other than that... it's "buisness as usual"

Just keep it more local...

probably will put a damper on YakRat Scrambles for me......will make a couple

Same deal w/ trips to the canal....

You'll also see more people getting commercial striped bass licenses to supplement their trips.

I have a Suzuki SX4 I bought my wife that she hates. Says it's too small so I now have it. 32 to 35 MPG. It's gonna look stupid with 10' rods on the roof but I don't care. I'll burn about 4 gallons R/T for the Canal.

As for the boat, probably fewer pleasure cruises and more serious fishing. Definitely less looking for bait and more eels.

$4.26 for 87 octane in ct .... Wow
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.....gonna make sure the baby uses both sides of the diaper before a fresh one.......will have to combine trips to the store for diapers with fishin....Less trips to the canal for 3 hr tides as well. Already impactin me now. I don't take a daily ride down to the water (20miles r/t) just to make sure it is still there and recharge the soul.
It is gonna suck, but better than walkin every where.......I am gonna have to get a job.........

Lose the Diapers Completely....just follow the kid around with a Scoop and a Wal-mart bag.

I need the truck to tow the boat and the camper, and getting a 2nd car is a idea but when you take in the cost of the car, gas, ins, reg, tax, and repairs what are you saving??
At $4 a gal I will spend $440 to fill the boat and thats about 4 trips depending were i go, I will stay close this year for most of my trips but there will be a few off shore trips for sure!!

Not too much will change for me, I usually never leave the north shore anyway, although, I might try to stay super local and avoid the 30 min trips to varous locales, but if the fish are there, I'll still go.

will definitely be adding an extra body to canyon trips to offset costs.

GMC Terrain ...30MPG, all wheel drive and a damn nice vehicle. I might know someone that can drive one whenever they want..:spam: :uhuh:

I made the nescessary changes in advance as most predicted this would happen. The hybrid gets 37.5 in the warmer weather (now until Dec) compared to the 17-18 the Blazer gets. Now one big issue is the 1 piece canal rod that normally fits inside the Blazer or in the roof rack. I'm hoping the new 2 piece century stealth 10 footer I got at the MSBA show will fill that role. If not its the 2 pc Century Tip Tornado light until the new 11 foot Stealth comes in.

Now if we have 3 or 4 people its back to the Blazer but its usually 2 so looks like the Hybrid may be the new fishing machine

Glad the boat has a small 4stroke, not so happy about the SUV's V8. 15 mpg's makes you think twice about long distance traveling to try another spot.

It won't affect my fishing much... I didn't fish much last year, 80% of my fishing is about 5.4 miles away, and I just traded the rubicon for an almost new tacoma 4 banger... yeah, I have a payment now, but doing the math quickly on my 90-100 miles 5 days a week (to work) the gas savings will just about offset the payment, and that's with plugging in $3.90/gal... plus there is almost 90000 less miles on the engine... also, I don't have to throw the trash barrels in the jeep anymore and make 3 trips to the transfer station....:smash:

ps... who's got SB stickers???:jump1:

Lot's of three tide sleeping in the truck, at least it's a comfy little condo.

Bribing the dog sitter will be expensive though.

I paid $5.00 a gallon today for 87... But I was in manhattan.
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Getting 100 mpg+ and 28/35 mpg!! Saw this BS coming! Wait till the dollar really tanks ....Short trips/scouting on the on the CHappys and swipe the wife's FIt when she is sleeping! Trunk/storage space in it is unreal.

So . . . . . are we officially a 3rd world county now ?

It feels it.

I will fish less.Even with a small car.Gas prices make me ill.

It will not affect me much at all. I don't have enough free time to fish that the increased cost will be minimal.

Gas is $4.60 in Chicago.

I need blood..just slit my wrist to fill the gas tank.
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I've been filling the tank on the new boat. 65 gallons so I'm looking at $260 to fill up. Last year gas was $2.60 at this time = $170. $90 bucks more for the same $*^%$#.
Once she's full I will never let her get below 3/4.

still be fishing at least 4 days a week but I'll be bitching about it. Thank god I work on Cape so I have to go there anyway and my boss lets me leave my boat at work too as my truck guzzles gas like no tomorrow. It helps a lot.

I was looking at sailboats again, that would mean spending wknds on lake champlain. If I could plant a few stripers in there I would consider it.

$4-5 gas
 

I'm already looking to ditch my gas eng. boat for one I can run on bio fuel.