I agree its going to hurt, But I couldn't part with my boat though even if I had to just sit in the driveway dreaming about pulling in slabs.
Its definatly forcing me to consider different water to fish and causing me to look closer too home. I just cannot afford to run down to Bull Shoals or Table Rock, etc etc as ofter as I used too.
Now I'll be staying near home (St Louis) and looking closer at trips to Mark Twain and several smaller lakes localy not to mention I am thinking about the rivers here.
Not only is my boat thristy but so is my tow vehicle/daily driver 2000 ford expedition. Gets 13.4mpg no matter how I drive or what I pull.
Round trip to table rock for me is about 480 miles + 30gal's boat gas thats about $208 bucks in gas alone each trip to the lake. Thats getting expensive.