"Bomba" said:
With gas at $3.39 here, predicting $3.75 by April, and i've even heard $5.00 thrown around by July, will these prices affect the way or how much you fish?
If they stay this high there will definately be less trips to Saginaw Bay for me this year.
Well, I probably won't be hitting some of the lakes I was hoping to hit this year. 😡
I won't be making any day trips longer than an hour and a half drive. Looks like if/when I go to St. Clair I'll be making it a 3 day trip to get the most out of my gas money. Still planning on the I Chain May 18-22 at Cedars. Probably have fewer evening outings, and focus more on fishing long days when I do go out.
"ccmovi8" said:
Why are they predicting the price of gas is going to get so high? Is it from the BP spill?
My guess is that the spreading revolution/unrest in the Middle East (first Tunisia, then Egypt, and now Libya, and who's next? Algeria? Bahrain? Iran? Saudi Arabia? Kuwait?) is making oil traders uneasy, driving the price up because they're worried about the supply drying up and they're buying more than they normally would as a hedge.
Libya is more worrysome than Tunisia or Egypt because it exports more oil (especially to Europe) and their oil is high-quality, and their revolution is much more bloody and uncertain. Not knowing who will be in control when it's over is highly unsettling and worrysome to the oil trading community.
"Scott Williams" said:
I won't be making any day trips longer than an hour and a half drive. Looks like if/when I go to St. Clair I'll be making it a 3 day trip to get the most out of my gas money. Still planning on the I Chain May 18-22 at Cedars. Probably have fewer evening outings, and focus more on fishing long days when I do go out.
That is my plan too. If it's far away I'll make a weekend of it.
The extra money I spend on a campsight and food will not be as much as the money to drive there and back a couple times.
Plus going by myself camping is DIRT cheap, vs with the family=not so much.
I finally found a job with my degree, so me driving to murray won't hurt my bank account anymore since i was making so little working part time.
Im still gonna be in holland, but i may start staying the nights at my cousin's several times on murray this summer and just fish both days on the wkends during lowlight hours
"ricky sox wrangler" said:
Hey guys, this would be a great time to start letting people know about an empty seat. A good way to get to know one another. I plan on hitting Lsc and Hudson mainly. Save some money with some carpooling!
Agreed, many of my trips will be largely contigent on me finding a partner (or 2) to split fuel costs with. I'm pretty bummed about the costs, I was hoping to get up north a few times this summer, not sure now.
It's a sickening thing that gas prices go up every time someone in the middle east farts. Gas is going up because they want it to and unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it. It just means fewer trips and closer trips when I can go which sucks because I only catch 1 muskie a year as it is 👿
"Esoxonthefly" said:
It's a sickening thing that gas prices go up every time someone in the middle east farts. Gas is going up because they want it to and unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it. It just means fewer trips and closer trips when I can go which sucks because I only catch 1 muskie a year as it is 👿
As the season get's closer we should set up a thread, or even a section for folks to car pool or whatever.
If we all work together we should still be able to fish as much as normal.
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