Have rising gas prices affected your crappie fishing?

[BeauxBeaux]

Gas went up .05 yesterday & .06 yesterday. now- 1.91 reg 87% I drive a ford f-150 (16mpg). Had planned on checking out the hybrid trucks this summer. Diesel is higher than gas here, so I'm told. Hasn't affected my fishinbut I proably would have fished more areas if gas was a buck a gallon Bbeaux

[KARL]

I'll Still Fish Patoka Every Weekend Like I Usually Do. I Don't Burn Alot Of Gas Most Of The Time Anyways And If I Need A Few Extra Bucks I'll Work One Sat. A Month To Cover The Months Gas Bill For Boat And Truck. We're Still Going To The Camp Every Weekend Regardless Of How Much Bush Lets Us Get Screwed Out Of..big Oil Business Has Bought Off Just About Every Politican In Washington To Keep Any Of Legislation From Coming Out That Would Hurt Their Sales Of Oil. And That's The Way It's Going To Be Until Attitudes Are Changed In This Country And We Force(fire The Sob's) Politicans To Do What Is Right For The Majority Of People Not The Selected Few. Most People In This Country Have Shown They Don't Care About Issues Untill It Hits Them One Or Another. Most Are Probably To F'n Dumb To Understand Anyways. Soundbites Is What They Hear And Probably Is What Influences Their Decision. Sad Ain't It?


Larry

..gas prices wouldn't matter as much if the oil companies would let fuel efficient inventions make it to the marketplace...it was oil co. that bought and put the kabash on the 50mpg carb in the 50's...and started making it hard on fuel efficient foreign manufactors.......yes, its a shame that we have a "herd" mentality afraid for the most part to buck tradition for fear of being called unamerican..........as for less fishing...hell no!!!! :o I'll stop eating first!!!! :D could stand to lose a few pounds anyway.. :p

[Moose1am]

Well my neighbor wants to keep his 40K Chevy Suburban but when he pulls up to the pump he leaves with a full tank but he is missing 56 bucks out of his wallet. And he has to stop at the gas station once or more times a week. This does not count going fishing on the weekends. This is just to get to and from work.


I am doing my part to conserve I stay home as much as possible and only go somewhere when I absolutely need to go. I may have to get a lock for my gas tank on my truck though. With the price of gas continuing to creep skyward it's becoming as valuable as liquid gold.

My god will the oil barrons ever get enough money? I know one guy that is a multimilionair and lives at No 1 Johnson Place in a subdivision on the East Side of Evansville, IN. I know he was unhappy when oil was down to 30 dollars a barrel. I bet that he is smiling today with oil selling for over $50 a barrel. BTW he runs an oil business here in Southern IN.

The other morning on the IMUS show an MSNBC commentator appeared to be telling everyone that the economy was ok even with these higher gasoline prices. He was comparing todays prices with those in the early 1980s and said that today we are better off. He said that oil would have to get to $3.00 per gallon before it effected todays economy. I say he is full of it. LOL

Gasoline at $2.00 per gallon is effecting the economy adversely right now. Gasoline prices need to drop back down to $1.00 a gallon and sooner is better than later.

[duane]

GREAT THREAD!!!!!!

I will start out saying yes it will affect my fishing. Closet lake to me is 75 miles each way. Lake I like to fish is 150 miles each way. I drive a 1997 F-150 with a V-8 and get 16 mpg with or without a boat. # BPS in my state all are 100 miles from me.
Will not affect my spring crappie fishing all that much but will have to stay home more during the summer to pay of the oil credit card.

I drove a truck over the road for 25+ years. Everything we use is affected by gas prices. We are paying more for Ground beef now than we were cheap steak cuts 2 years ago. You let gas prices go up another dollar a gallon and you will see this nation take a big hit in everything we do and buy.

Health Care cost! I pay $64 dollars a week ($256 a month) for my part to have good health care, my employer pays $550 a month, so my health care for my family cost $906 every month. I still have to pay a co-pay when I go to the doctor.

[Crappie Stalker]

It's killin us here in west Tennessee. I drive a 2000 F-150 and get 18 mpg on a good day, 15 mpg haulin the boat. 60 miles to the boat ramp - yesterday's gas price - $1.95/gallon. I drive 70 miles a day round trip for work and the wife drives anywhere from 300 to 700 miles per week for work, no gas reimbursement. BUT - we are still fishing!!!! Don't smoke, don't drink much - gotta have something!

[Foxy Jig]

gas here was 1.81 yesterday at the cheapest place i saw..diesal was 2.09

prices wont affect my fishing much because i live about 5 miles from the lake i fish, and i mostly troll or night fish

however it will affect my ability to take an annual trip to a dream fishing spot (for me lake okeechobee)..been the past 2 years and the major expense was gas..400 dollars in gas will be enough to end those trips i think

[Dutch]

I guess I am one of the lucky few, little debt (just house, truck, wifey's jeep, no credit cards ). I drive a 2003 GMC Sierra (2wd), and have a Pro team 165 with a 25hp motor. So gas prices will not keep me from going fishing.

[TAE73]

Hey Moose,

I bought a 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 with a Cummings Diesel engine almost two months ago for pulling my heavy 21’ Kenner Center Console every day.

I can still get diesel for $1.69 and I’m getting nearly half again better mileage than I was with the V-6 Ford E-150 Conversion Van I traded in. And the mileage is supposed to get better as the truck gets broken in.

I’ll have to drive it for 10-years to make it worth it for what it cost – just hope it holds up that long!

Hopefully with the higher gas prices people will start driving more economical vehicles for basic transportation. Seems like everyone drives an SUV now.

FISH ON!
Jerry

Jerry,

Glad to see another dodge cummins guy! You are lucky if you are buying diesel for that. Just north of you in Missouri its around 2 bucks a gallon for us. Yes you will get better as it breaks in. I get 13 miles to a gallon pullen a 5,000 boat and trailer down the road. You dont have to worry about the motor not lasting, its the rest of the truck that you have to worry about. If you ever need information or question on the dodge cummins, thats as good as crappie.com check out www.turbodieselregister.com. Has tons of info on the our trucks.

As for the higher cost, I just cut back on what I eat. No eating out, the day I go fishing. I just pack some chips, soda, and ham sandwiches. There is no way I am going to cut back on crappie fishing. I will just cut back on everything else.

[DENNIS BOWERS]

Its1.99 A Galion Here But It Isnt Cuttin Back On My Fishing.i Live On The Lake-hardly Ever Take My Boat Out!if It Gets To Bad Guess We"ll Just Cut Back Somewhere Else!! Good Fishin To Ya!!!!dennis

[gmpartsman]

Gas prices jumped .10 Monday to 1.96.9. What amazes me is that it jumped at all the stations, not 1 or 2. Coincidence? I hear Bush money comes from petroleum, so why should he care if fuel prices rise.
It hasn't affected my fishing yet but it could. It's 38 miles to the lake I fish, but I only go on the weekend. I plan on going a often as I can and loading the freezer with fish to help offset the high gas prices. LOL