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Old 04-19-2006, 08:54 AM   #1
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Whats your full Season cost to fish?

After reading pauls post below I thought I would ask.. For me I spent about $6000 to fish last summer between gas and incidntals. The gas part was around half that . When you look at it its really alot. Fishing six out of seven nights a week from may thru november adds up.If you add up the plugs, bait, terminal tackel, line , trips to the block etc... You would be amazed at what it costs to fish a season.

For married guys it certainly is tough explaining that and then giving the wife a hard time for blowing a couple hundred at the mall


This year alone before I even start I am commited to a week on cutty in june so, I already spent $600 before making a cast....Oh forgot to include the new boat..hehehe
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Old 04-19-2006, 08:59 AM   #2
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now add the cost of eels & the fly fishing lessons ya taking & your F %^&* --= good morning ////////// WACKO

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Old 04-19-2006, 09:19 AM   #3
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Fly fishing lessons???

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Old 04-19-2006, 09:22 AM   #4
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Fly fishing lessons???

Bill, say it ain't so. Come back to us, man
As usuall, I have no %$%$%$%$in idea what he is talking about

Fly rod?? I wouldent be caught dead...........Clammer where did that come from?
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:22 AM   #5
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now add the cost of eels & the fly fishing lessons ya taking & your F %^&* --= good morning ////////// WACKO

I think I now have the name for my boat "ss. wacko"
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:28 AM   #6
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I have no clue what I spent and I'm not sure I want to know.

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Old 04-19-2006, 09:33 AM   #7
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I have no Idea.....All I know is I told my wife it would be a cheaper hobby than Golf........and She bought it

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Old 04-19-2006, 09:46 AM   #8
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I don't even think about the cost.....can't afford to....
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Old 04-19-2006, 09:47 AM   #9
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Old 04-19-2006, 10:03 AM   #10
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I did the survey at the Rissa show and this question was on it. I tried to add it up and I couldn't believe how much it really costs. Gas alone kills me. At least $30. everytrip in gas. Then usually a dozen eels and so on.
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Old 04-19-2006, 10:04 AM   #11
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5 bucks a trip in gas, plus i make all my own plugs and rubber.. I am ready for the apocolypse
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Old 04-19-2006, 10:27 AM   #12
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company vehicle .. they pay the gas.. thank god @5 nights a week round trip from smithfield to so co

terminal, plugs, eels , cutty, vineyard and the block still stand me 2-3 k a year

all worth it
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Old 04-19-2006, 11:31 AM   #13
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I am fool enough to add it up at the end of the year. Runs between $15,000 and $20,000 a year. Mighty expensive fish!

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Old 04-19-2006, 11:33 AM   #14
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If I added it up and my wife found out, boy would I be in trouble. Gas alone for one trip to Maine will be $75 bucks this year at least. That does'nt include Cutty and Montauk...

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Old 04-19-2006, 11:35 AM   #15
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I don't even want to know. Whatever it is, it's worth every penny.

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Old 04-19-2006, 11:44 AM   #16
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Old 04-19-2006, 11:51 AM   #17
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Old 04-19-2006, 11:59 AM   #18
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Between plugs, gas and terminal tackle, alot. But here's the thing,
it's a completely irrelevant question. I'm more than happy to spend lots of money of fishing stuff, it's alot cheaper than a wife !


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Old 04-19-2006, 12:23 PM   #19
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Mine? About 38 bucks a month for my Cable access to S-B.com

You mean to tell me you guys really go out at night in the cold???


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Old 04-19-2006, 12:44 PM   #20
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Usually a relationship
Isn't that the truth, Altho, my wife is getting used to it..A little.

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Old 04-19-2006, 01:22 PM   #21
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sad but true

Let's forget about the cost of the boat and direct maintenance. Slip fee, 500 +/- gallons of gas per month (*7 ), 10 # of eels per week plus 10 # in the basement for back-up, Spros, Gamas, Seaguar, gotta run all of 15k. Thankfully I have lots of help to pay for this and fish as much on my buddy's boat.

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Old 04-19-2006, 01:44 PM   #22
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Fish cost a fortune
Two Virginia rednecks go on a fishing trip. They rent all the equipment - the reels, the rods, the wading suits, the rowboat, the car, and even a cabin in the woods. I mean they spend a fortune!

The first day they go fishing, but they don't catch anything. The same thing happens on the second day, and on the third day. It goes on like this until finally, on the last day of their vacation, one of the men catches a fish.

As they're driving home they're really depressed. One guy turns to the other and says, "Do you realise that this one lousy fish we caught cost us fifteen hundred bucks?"

The other guy says, "Wow! Then it's a good thing we didn't catch any more!"
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Old 04-19-2006, 02:28 PM   #23
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One million dollars!!

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Old 04-19-2006, 02:49 PM   #24
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This year it should run about 40 a trip and I plan on atleast on trip a week, and I devide that by say three other guys (gas ain't free) and it ends up being pretty good. BUT when I decide to go up the river and out to cutty hunk it gets to be about double that
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Old 04-19-2006, 02:49 PM   #25
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Old 04-19-2006, 03:15 PM   #26
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Old 04-19-2006, 04:01 PM   #27
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Old 04-19-2006, 04:25 PM   #28
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luckily Im independantly wealthy . I have never tried to calculate cost . Its what I like to do and will spend what ever it costs . I never bother my wife on what she spends ... she works .
gas is now a big part of my expenses I dont like . thank god I dont use a boat anymore . traveling is the biggest cost for me . every where I fish isnt here so it costs time and money . eels will be going up maybe more than gas before it is all said and done .
If I ever calculated I might be amazed ! good thing I cant read , write or arithmatic things . its better than pissing it away ....been there done that . but it feels good
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Old 04-19-2006, 04:53 PM   #30
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probably 3K atleast. With a lot of that being fuel.
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