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considering most sport fish boats get between 1 and 3 mpg I would bet it effects many. I am not going boating as much this season as I am finding other things to do at home. I have a hobicat and a new home theater with a 60" high def TV which I am getting much enjoyment out of and it costs little to run. When I go fishing, I do my normal trips but it is painful to fill up. The other week I stopped putting fuel in when I reached $300 and had a ways more to go before it was full. Most sport fishing boats cost more then a grand to top off now. Some well beyond that. 300 for a CC gets me about 3 weeks of fishing so about 100/week is about my "mean" average for most of the season, add to that 3500 for dockage and probably double that for all the other misc stuff through out the year and you get the boating fiscal picture. For longer distance trips and during the derby it will probably be about 300 per week. Yes it is painful but a good day on the water is priceless. It does not effect my surfcasting significantly.
There was an interesting article in the newspaper here about a guy who went to Menemsha, took a look at the cost of a charter boat trip (400-600) and was told he could only take 2 fish. His comment was that is a lot of money for two fish and decided to fish off the dock in Menemsha with bait he purchased at the grocery store. He got several large bass, during the day, in the harbor ...one weighed in at 47# the others were 20 and 30#. Not bad considering the charter boats are not doing that good on average. You can do it on the cheap .
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