The gas factor - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

eelman · 07-19-2005, 01:32 PM

Ok for me its at the point where You can now call me cheap! Many places I want to fish I simply wont go, the gas is crazy, is it now at a point where it has affected you? and are you staying closer to home? Cape trips will now be a luxery and a car pool effort to offset the gas..What does a night of fishing cost you?

So its no joke anymore, The gas prices have definatly keeped me closer to home and I have not left gansett yet! exept once to go to the cape. Even Block which I love is a big ticket item now, you need a full tank of gas $60 bucks A ferry ride with car $125 round trip eels $40 man its $200 bucks without making a cast!! Thankfully I am getting fish but it is possible I could do better by branching out however at the price now, I am not about to leave them to find them........

Homerun04 · 07-19-2005, 01:49 PM

It has caused me to take less trips on my boat for sure.........

spence · 07-19-2005, 01:53 PM

I don't really care about gas prices, I'm independently wealthy

eelman · 07-19-2005, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by spence

I don't really care about gas prices, I'm independently wealthy

Glad someone is! I am certainly not rich

partsjay · 07-19-2005, 02:09 PM

While I will admit that gas is through the roof right now.....with the amount of money that I spend on plugs, lathes, drill presses.ect..ect....and the amount of fish that I have NOT caught....I would drive as far as I need to catch some fish.....but that's just me....I'm starting to doubt myself...don't think I could catch a decent fish no matter where I was fishing.

BrianS · 07-19-2005, 02:17 PM

Ive cut down a wee bit... but my longest trip is usually only the canal... If I go anywhere else I am car/truckpooling, so it hasnt been that bad.

blue oyster · 07-19-2005, 02:23 PM

with the price of gas ,oil , bait, and lack of fish i think its costing me about $50:00 per pound of fish i catch , will it slow me down , no ,but it sure is frustrating . its a long winter in these parts got to get the fishing in when you can

Nebe · 07-19-2005, 02:31 PM

hasnt slowed me down- i have simply stopped buying food and diapers for my 11 month old son

The Dad Fisherman · 07-19-2005, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Eben

hasnt slowed me down- i have simply stopped buying food and diapers for my 11 month old son

He's almost 1 its time he learned to fend for himself......I don't buy that whole "can't walk, can't talk, can't take care of myself thing" anyways.

Nebe · 07-19-2005, 02:41 PM

i have noticed less people out fishing in popular spots in my neck of the woods, but i have also noticed alot more people food fishing for scup.

ThrowingTimber · 07-19-2005, 02:59 PM

still driving the same if not more

Sweetwater · 07-19-2005, 03:24 PM

I'm trying to not let it effect my fishing...but Sunday a dragged my boat 2 hours to get to a launching spot where I knew there were fish. Then I drove the boat for 8 hours. Then 2 hours back in the truck. Probably burned between truck and boat about 30 and 35 gallons.

So yeah...I'm starting to think about it.

striprman · 07-19-2005, 03:36 PM

The necessities of life come before play.
I consider fishing a necessity.

spence · 07-19-2005, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

Glad someone is! I am certainly not rich

It's entirely possible that I'm stretching the truth a wee bit

-spence

outfished · 07-19-2005, 04:00 PM

I'm still driving the truck as much as usual and fishing probably more than ever. But what I have done is borrow/stay at friends homes near the ocean and basically get to stay there for free instead of paying for hotels like I've done in the past. Either way, gas prices bite but I shouldn't complain too much, my Dad in Canada is paying $4.00 per gallon

Bass Babe · 07-19-2005, 10:51 PM

When I drive my fishmobile, it takes a half a tank to get to the Cape and back -- 3 hours round trip. So there's $12. Some days I wish I had a bigger car, but the gas mileage rocks on my little Escort. Adding up the fast food and gas station snacks and new toys from the tackle shop, I'd say I spend under $50 per trip. I wouldn't be too upset if it costed more, though. Money is no object to me, as long as I can pay my bills.

Raider Ronnie · 07-20-2005, 05:53 AM

I paid $3.15 a gal at Brewers Marine in Plymouth last Sun. for gas in my boat,
The most i have ever paid for gas in my life!!!

But i got a good up close veiw of the Mayflower and Plymouth rock while I filled up!!!
If memory serves me, gas was around 85 cents when I first got my drivers lic.
I miss those days of spending $5 bucks to fill the tank in my car!!!

afterhours · 07-20-2005, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by striprman

The necessities of life come before play.
I consider fishing a necessity.

Joe · 07-20-2005, 06:16 AM

Gas money is not a problem but time is......

schoolie monster · 07-20-2005, 07:15 AM

I spent $50 at the pump for the first time the other day. It even affected me in the spring when I usually do some fishing at the cape and it wasn't even this high yet.

When you think about spending that much to go fishing, its not that I won't fish, but I would fish closer to home.

Now truthfully, I'm pretty much fishing local out of the boat. The honda is good on gas so its not a big expense. But I had been thinking of checking out the cape some more this year, even trailering down to monomoy. No chance. I'll stick it out in Boston Harbor.

Saltheart · 07-20-2005, 09:58 AM

I have become more conscious of things like running to lowes , etc. instead of multiple trips at the drop of a hat , i try to plan just one trip where I get everything at once. i also notice this for going to tackle shops for rod building supplies. I just put it off till i'm going there anyway for fishing.

as far as actual fishing , the trips have been so few and far between this year that when I get a chance to go , gas doesn't even figure into it.

piemma · 07-20-2005, 10:44 AM

I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't gamble. I don't chase women except the one I've been married to for 37 years. So I spend a few bucks more on gas. I get 20 miles to the gallon. it's a 110 mile round trip to Narrangansett.
So let's see: 5.5 gallons per trip X $2.00 per gallon last year = $11.00 per trip
5.5 gallons per trip X $2.50 per gallon this year = $13.75 per trip
So it cost me $2.75 more per trip this year than last. I fish about 5 nights a week X $2.75 more per week = $13.75. I am sure that a sixpack must cost about that. Since I don't drink so that's my beer money.

spence · 07-20-2005, 10:46 AM

Don't worry Paul, what happens in Gansett stays in Gansett

-spence

piemma · 07-20-2005, 10:47 AM

It had better.....

zacs · 07-20-2005, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by piemma

...it's a 110 mile round trip to Narrangansett.

woah. i have been on here [s-b.com] quite a bit over the past year, and from reading your posts, I would have bet $100 that you were from 'gansett by the amount you fish there. or no farther than warwick. wow. impressive.

_Z_

RIROCKHOUND · 07-20-2005, 01:15 PM

Paul ends up fishing gansett more than I do and I live smack in the middle of town 200yds from the water...

piemma · 07-20-2005, 01:39 PM

Thanks Zacs. I actually live just about as far from Narragansett as you can and still be in RI. I live in Burrillville.

Nebe · 07-20-2005, 01:51 PM

paul you should move down heya.

Christian · 07-20-2005, 01:54 PM

i also do a 100 mile round trip each time. this is really my first year driving, fishing for trout was cool, i could fish 7 days a week without a refill.

its now 1/2 a tank per trip. its killing me.
and mostly just schoolies....UGH.

Pete F. · 07-20-2005, 02:04 PM

It's not just the gas for fishing. I drive 400 miles a week b4 fishing and a trip to MeNHMa doubles that so gas is costing me fishing time period.