A thought about HIGH GAS PRICES

[PapermouthLegend]

I have fished with the same few guys all my life. Whether hauling a boat or just going to wade a stream, I usually end up driving. I have always let my buddies get off with paying for the bait and beer and never charging for gas. I did the math and here it is.......

The lakes I like to fish the average mileage is about 100 miles roundtrip.

Truck Miles Per Gallon: 16
Average Gas Needed: 6.25 Gallons
Gas Price (MARCH) $3.30

Average Spent Per Trip On Gas: $20.63

Minnows $.75 doz (x) 10 doz: $7.50
(6) Coors Lights: $4.00


While I'm paying $20.63 for a normal trip fishing, my buddies are paying $11.50. With gas prices as high as they are, the next time I take someone fishing, I'll throw the minnow trap in the river the night before, go to the grocery and buy a case of beer, drink 12 beers the night before (save 12) and charge my buddies $21 gas! Maybe my thinking is bad, but I might come out ahead in this deal. May not have any fishing buddies left after I try this a few times Maybe I'll let them buy bait and beer for the lakes a little closer to home I picked at my Dad for being tight with a buck all my life, now look at me! The nut doesn't fall too far from the tree

[deathb4disco]

Minnows $.75 doz (x) 10 doz: $7.50

Minnows are that cheap???

Make me wonder why people use jigs.

[Minnerman]

MInners are 1.25 a dozen here.

[CrappiePappy]

Minnows are that cheap???

Make me wonder why people use jigs.

I'll tell ya why I do, even though minnows aren't that cheap around here, anymore :p .... it's because I can catch a lot more fish on an equal amount ($$ wise) of jigs, than on minnows ... and still have most, if not all of them, left to take with me next time. Minnows, on the other hand, are eaten by the fish, or dumped out before the trip home (no place to keep them in my Apt !! :p )

And Papermouth : If I drank 12 brewski's the night before, there'd be no fishing the next day :D (besides, it's illegal to have a open container of alcoholic beverage onboard your boat, in KY ) Not to mention the fact that I gave up alcohol back in 1980 ... and never allowed it in my boat, nor drank it while fishing.
I don't think I'd change the way I divided up the expenses, without a mano e mano chat with my fishing buds. Total expenses divided two or three ways is much more conducive to keeping friendships, than trying to capitalize (profit) on the situation. If they can't afford their share of the cost ... I'd take them anyway, if they were my buds (I've been in their shoes before). But, if they just won't offer to equally share expenses (and can afford it) ... they might find themselves sitting home

... cp

[LSUguy]

I don't think I'd change the way I divided up the expenses, without a mano e mano chat with my fishing buds. Total expenses divided two or three ways is much more conducive to keeping friendships, than trying to capitalize (profit) on the situation. If they can't afford their share of the cost ... I'd take them anyway, if they were my buds (I've been in their shoes before). But, if they just won't offer to equally share expenses (and can afford it) ... they might find themselves sitting home

Well said. What ya could do to even it out a bit is have them throw in lunch for ya and call it even or like Crappiepappy said just evenly divide the expense up between all particpating members.

[TnRidge]

My fishing friends split gas and expenses .

[klight1122]

We change up every trip, my boat and truck this trip. There boat and truck next trip. Bait is shared as well as food and drinks. No adult beverages until the fish are being cleaned at home and no one going anywhere. This might not work for everyone but it works for the group I fish with.

[joejv4]

Yep... we do the same sort of thing with my buddies and me. Take turns who's driving us, and split up the cost between us regardless of who's turn it is.

[bttmline]

If you think gas prices suck, you should be an owner/operator of a dump truck or tractor/trailer. Diesel is outrages. My truck is for sale.
Tim

[stinkies daddy]

My fishing friends split gas and expenses .

As do mine