Are the gas prices going stop your fishing??

[macojoe]

On the radio I was listing today, they said there should be no problem with gas hitting $3.00 this summer!

What if anything is this going to do to your fishing??

I think as long as I am in to the fish making a buck I will be fine.
But if I am not selling, I am going to have it on the4 trailer more them not *:-/

[Mulv80]

It won't affect me other than cost me more money. The way I look at is, I only really use the boat for 4 months out of the year. So in those precious 4 months of mostly weekend boating I intend to use the boat how ever I want without fuel usage affecting my decisions. The boat spends 8 months a year not burning any gas while sitting on the trailer. Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy with fuel prices but I can't see anything keeping me from boating.

[Mac_Attack]

I don't think it will. There are several hot spots within 4 miles of the ramp. If I didn't fish a round of golf would cost $35 or more. What ever you play you'll have to pay. I wish I had shares of Exxon they are going to have record profits again. Bill Mc ;D

[steplift20]

yes it is i cant go out as much as i would like to but the gas prices are going to come down as soon as the bushes leave office
when clinton was the pres we were paying 89 cents a gallon so what do you think happened ::)

[macojoe]

I would love to see it come down!!

But I havwe to diagree with you on this one!

They have been wanting us to pay for years!! And they have been preping us since last summer for the $3 mark!!

I will bet that when we hit the $3 mark it will level off and and stay there or around there for a long while.

[TheTinMan]

Exxon/Mobile made 10 BILLION in PROFITS the last 3 months of 2005...something is seriously wrong here. Someone needs to give Bush A BJ so he will get impeached:)

[Franco]

It won't slow me down, I'll just stay in the river and use the trolling motor. But you can bet your a$$ I'm gonna look hard at who I'm gonna vote for!!!

[chitbob1]

I've got one hobby that's fishing so I have to go no matter what my tow vehicle burns 3 times more than the boat on a trip :(

[Airslot]

IT may slow me down a little, may mean a few more trips in the small boat, but I'm still goin.

Airslot

[labii]

I think that your right Joe , $3 is going to be here for a while . As for the oil co's they are only going to let it go so high as we will convert to something else . Bush is anything but my hero , but what can he do short of grabbing the oil in Iraq . ( fine with me ) I'm just going to have to pay the price and slow down. It sucks ! but I'm not sitting on the dock......

[macojoe]

Yea Bush has sent the price up and only he his buddys and the oil co benfit!

No matter who the prez is, the price is set forever now!! They are not going to lower it thats for sure!

I might make CB bring the tin boat here for us to use?? It is going to be much cheaper!

I just better get into some fish this year to sell thats all I got to say!

[Pipe_Dream]

NO! *I'll be out there no matter what.

You all can't seriously blame Bush for the price of gas! * ::) *That makes about as much sense as blaming him for the high number of hurricanes last year, IMO.

It's all economics, supply and demand. *Lower our dependence on oil and the price will drop.

[Skools Out]

You all can't seriously blame Bush for the price of gas! * ::) *That makes about as much sense as blaming him for the high number of hurricanes last year, IMO.



I Agree too Pipe

[parishht]

Gas prices will not affect my fishing or pleasure riding.

What is confusing and frustrating is watching the gas prices at the pumps go up .10 every Friday for no apparent reason.

[willy]

Just loaded my reels up with power pro yesterday, 70 dollars worth fu@king Bush
just bought groceries , took out a loan fu@king Bush
wife wouldn't roll over last night fuc@ing Bush
raining here today fu@king Bush
have to go to work again tonight fu@king Bush

Anyhow I'm going to go fishing if I have to rob the gas station to do it. ;)

[Pipe_Dream]

LOL! ;D

[Stinky_Hooker]

Was over 3 here for a few weeks after Katrina. Went offshore all three weekends. 8)

[Blue_Runner]

I'll have you know those hurricanes WERE Bush'es fault! 8)

It won't effect me at all. I will just bite my tongue and buy the gas. I sure as he11 ain't gonna sit around the house.

[Blue_Runner]

Anyhow I'm going to go fishing if I have to rob the gas station to do it.
The way I see it, they are robbing us. You wouldn't be stealing it, rather, you'd be taking back what was rightfully yours in the first place :-/

[labii]

I wish that Pres. Bush or my case in NC Gov. Easley would take a little bit of the gas tax that we pay when our boats are filled and do some dredging of the waterways with it . It seems like all of our waterways and inlets are filling in .

[Skools Out]

He11 Yeah, NC Gov. Easley went up on the gas tax in stead of going down as requested by the whole state made us the 2nd highest gas tax in the US. He's the one WE NC people should raise he11 at not Bush. And why is it we have to pay highway gas tax at the pumps at a Marina for our boats??? they sure don't do any dredging of the waterways with it . It seems like all of our waterways and inlets are filling in.

I SAY FIRE EASLEY

[willy]

Shoot them all and let God sort em out
lawyers - down elevator
politicians - down elevator
mobsters - down please
IRS agents - down double down
Fisherman - up please
Hunters - up baby up
Super Models - Stop by Willys house then UP

[JeffXJ]

Skools,
Save your reciepts when you fill up your boat, you can write off the gas tax (not the cost of gas by itself) on your taxes for the very reason you mentioned. My dad's been doing it for years.

[bigshrimpin]

NO! I'll be out there no matter what.

You all can't seriously blame Bush for the price of gas! ::) That makes about as much sense as blaming him for the high number of hurricanes last year, IMO.

It's all economics, supply and demand. Lower our dependence on oil and the price will drop.

Blame Bush

1. What about the SUV tax write off for small businesses - part of the Bush's economic stimulis package. What small business didn't pass on the Free SUV tax write off?

2. Military Demand pumps up fuel prices everyday.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/08/31/cnoil31.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/08/31/ixcity.html

3. Tiny investment in alternative fuels. 150 million in ethanol research for this year.



No one is blaming him for the hurricanes, but he isn't doing anything to reduce our dependence on oil.

Tin - "blow jobs for bush" has a nice ring to it.

[fishmaster63]

dont mean shat to me... just havta work a bit of o/t and get the hell out there.

[mmiklosz]

A year ago I would have never thought I would have paid over $3.25 a gallon. Are they setting us up for $4 a gallon this year?

[TheTinMan]

damn....hit $2.97/gallon here yesterday :-[

[phester]

the price won't stop me from getting out as often as possible,I might use my tin boat more often for those solo, local trips. Who would ever have thought it would cost 20.00 or more to fill a six gallon tank????Unbelievable.

[reelapeelin]

Honda's pretty easy on the gas, so hi-$$ at pump won't slow things down much around here...saw $2.73 gal at Sunset...bought $2.64 on way home yesterday...

[macojoe]

Hit $2.61 here yesterday! :'(

Anyone want to buy a V20?? :'(

[steplift20]

i would never sell my 20
but if you recall right before the election wasnt gas prices falling
i wonder why
if any pres needed a bj hes the one
we had hurricanes forever but NOW the gas prices go up JUST THE MENTION OF ONE AND THE PRICES GO UP
he doesnt even talk about it or maybe he does but i cant understand him
lets face it he doesnt master the english language to
well

[reelapeelin]

Let's see...man grows up in politicly powerful, oil-rich family. dad was CIA director and pres. of US w/world-wide global oil connections and benefactors, including American oil company executives, gets elected pres. of US, with backing of big oil, goes to war, destabilizing entire major oil-producing region, photographed walking hand-in-hand (really) w/Sheik Abdullah and he has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that you and I are payin' nearly 3 times more at the pump than B4 he was elected...

Do I believe he did it all himself and he alone is to blame?...of course not; all the interests he represents and who put him in office did, but w/out a CIC in place to go to war, it couldn't have happened...

[Franco]

Hey Oz, Florida got a bad rap when Goerge W was elected by what, 2 votes, so me and the wife moved down here to make sure that won't happen again.

[reelapeelin]

Great try, Franco...more people shoulda followed your lead and made sure he didn't get RE-elected...but we got him for another term...just wonderin' the other day how bad it'll get over the next 3 years...all that "political capital" he's BOASTING about...think he's runnin' a deficit there, too ::)

[bigshrimpin]

http://www.bjsforbush.com/images/BJsforBush.jpg

The site is already registered

[reelapeelin]

Swinginest Baptist Church I ever ran across...gotta be in CA... ;) ;D...

[revmax]

I'm glad I got a boat I can trailer to the gas station. Hurts but I ain't quitting. Life's too short.

[TheTinMan]

Crazy stuff, but so true...Clinton gets impeached by lying about getting a BJ....Bush lies about WMD (and other things) and nothing??? I'm so disgusted with this administration it makes me ill.

[reelapeelin]

Crazy stuff, but so true...Clinton gets impeached by lying about getting a BJ....Bush lies about WMD (and other things) and nothing??? I'm so disgusted with this administration it makes me ill.



I'm w/you, Tin...CA tossed their gov B4 end of his term...would be bigger task on pres level...problem is, that'd leave us w/ Cheney as pres, so no real gain...w/ things as they are now, the next three years are gonna be tough...

I think Clinton's actions were reprehensible (he got off too light), but were confined in their scope of impact...much wider-spread and longer-lasting damage due to this admin's actions...bull in a global china shop...

[Hammerhead]

Regardless how high the price of gas goes, I'll go fishin'.

[captbent]

NO ILL KEEP FISHING BUT WHEN IT HITS $5.00 A GALLON ILL GET SOME MEXICANS AND SOME ORES

[reelapeelin]

At $5.00/gal it'll be $400 to fill up my boat... :P :'(...

[macojoe]

$2.73 here today!! at this price it will cost me $177.45

at $3.00 it will be $195.00 at the $5.00 $325.00

Anything much over $3 and the boat goes for sale!! :'(

[reelapeelin]

Start warmin' up the FOR SALE sign then, MJ...it's gonna happen... :P...since I can remember, gas goes up in summer...all these ''trotted-out'' reasons for hi fuel costs are BS...it's just plain GREED >:(...and our politicians are either behind it or doin' NOTHING about it depending on which a$$hole you're talkin' about... :(...

[macojoe]

I have been really thinking about it!!

I all but had the sign ready to go on it, But when I told my daughter she had a tear in her eyes!

But I have talked with friends including CB all ready!! And its sad to say but I belive I will have a sign on it by the end of the season :'(

[reelapeelin]

:'(

[TheTinMan]

Put $100 in the boat today....gotta whole half a tank now:(

$2.99/gal. This sux!

[phatdaddy]

Round trip to the Island and back 12 miles @ 2 miles per gallon = 6 gallons @ $3.50 (including oil) = $21.00

Staying home and wife and daughter going to the mall instead $100.00

I figure I am still ahead.

Have you noticed the price of a quart of oil is still about what it was 2 or 3 years ago ?

[reelapeelin]

Round trip to the Island and back 12 miles @ 2 miles per gallon = 6 gallons @ $3.50 (including oil) = $21.00

Staying home and wife and daughter going to the mall instead $100.00

I figure I am still ahead.

Have you noticed the price of a quart of oil is still about what it was 2 or 3 years ago ?

You know, that IS an interesting obsevation...afraid to bring it up too much as could result in oil goin' up too!!... :-/...

[finntastic]

It is, so are tires, they are made up of mostly oil. Anything made with oil, crude or its byproducts are going up. Damn them all!

[reelapeelin]

What I'm NOT hearin' people put into this mix are all the items and goods/sevices that WON'T be bought because those $$ are now goin' to gas the car...that CAN'T be good for the economy :P...

And last nite news about E-85...going to cost MORE at the pump than gasoline AND deliver LESS mileage than gasoline, so I guess we'll ALL go broke in the nationwide effort to reduce our dependancy on oil... ::)...

[labii]

4/21 2:45 pm $75 and climbing...

[reelapeelin]

I'm SAVIN' UP for a run from Sunset to Southport in June...gotta go get "Provisions" or somethin' ::)...

[macojoe]

$2.90 here today!!

Boat for Sale!! Soon :(

[reelapeelin]

I ain't worried about you sellin' your boat...w/all the work you've done on it, you'll never get what you want for it ;) ;D ;D...

[macojoe]

yea well thats ture for all of us!! ;)

But I know I can get $5000+ and that will get me a nice little 16 tin with a gas sipping 60hp ;D

[reelapeelin]

So you get the 16 tin-can and go out and swamp and drown tryin' to get to the same holes you been goin' to in the V20...where's the upside?... ??? ::)...

[reelapeelin]

Good morning all... ;D...over $75.00 a barrel this morning...ain't it a wonderful day... ;D ;D...

[macojoe]

I went to all my places except the Vinyard, when I had a 17' 1964 run about, and I only took a few waves! But had lots of fun!

[cobburn]

gas prices will only make me fish more and not cruise, I used to like going for rides and going places but that aint gonna happen. But I when I go fishing i don't have to go far from the ramp so i really dont burn all that much fuel and the fuel i burn is worth the cost. But thats why i never go by myself, i bring other people so we can all split the costs and bait, food, ice, gas. But i am lucky enough to have someone that will go with me any time i go out and i tell them, "hey, I bought the boat and we can go out, it's just YOU have to put the gas in it!" ;) and if you wanna take a ride somewhere...I'll take you, but the fuel is on you!

[reelapeelin]

Soon school will be out and lakes will warm to swimmin' temp...will be takin' girls and their boyfriends skiin'/ tubin'...15 gals towin' to lake...10-15 gals boatin'...add ramp fee, drinks and sandwich makins'...about $125. per trip... ::)...

[bigshrimpin]

No . . . but I'm gonna use my 8hp four stroke kicker to get around whenever I can.

[labii]

No need for me to gripe , I still can't get my boat down out of the rack . They are going to do another test on the cement in the AM . So there is a chance that I might get out this weekend . If not I am going to splash my 14' jon boat w/25hp Merc . and at least ride around a while . Six gal will take me a long way in that rig .

[phester]

just filled up the gas tank in my 15' duranautic,[6 gal tank], 35HP rude, w/ oil...23.00$... :-/

[macojoe]

Posted by: phester Posted on: Today at 8:03pm
just filled up the gas tank in my 15' duranautic,[6 gal tank], 35HP rude, w/ oil...23.00$...


X 10= $230 = FOR SALE!!

[captbent]

LOOKS LIKE ILL BE USING MY 17' 35HP ALUM A LOT MORE THEN I WAS HOPING

[Airslot]

Guys, we all get down on gas prices being up, but lets keep it in perspective. If you burn a 100 gallons in the boat per season and the price is curently about .50 more than last year your looking at an extra $50 for the year. No biggie. I may not go as far and maybe 2x per week instead of 3x, but I'm still gonna have my fun. You do realize that as V-20 sales go up, domestic disurbance calls are on the rise. ;D ask Hammer and Willy, the local pd.

Airslot

[finntastic]

It cost me 140.00 in my truck just to get it to the water
then the 200.00 plus to fill it up...it sucks!