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 Re: How high will gas need to get
[Re: Dan21XRS]
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03/04/22 06:46 AM
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sdavis24
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I paid that yesterday and it wasn't at a marina 
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/04/22 08:50 AM
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/04/22 11:30 AM
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T Bird
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Doubt I'll be going to Falcon or Amistad anytime soon.
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Re: How high will gas need to get
[Re: joebass2]
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03/04/22 11:46 AM
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Okie Poke
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/04/22 11:04 PM
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bloo_rainger
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If you’re having to tow to get to the lake versus living on the lake your expenses are going to put a dent in the wallet
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/05/22 12:13 AM
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Douglas J
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Most will have to stay close to home, unless you're really desperate to get bites and have to travel any distance to power plant lakes and easy lakes like Athens to get a few.
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Re: How high will gas need to get
[Re: joebass2]
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03/05/22 03:11 PM
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bassnman
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My only impact will be fishing closer to home.
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Re: How high will gas need to get
[Re: joebass2]
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03/05/22 04:16 PM
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Jarrett Latta
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I think biggest impact will be the tournament trails. Guys will back off tournaments before they cut back on fishing in my opinion.
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/05/22 05:31 PM
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Bobby Milam
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/05/22 05:47 PM
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basscaster46
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My uncle and I talked about this while fishing yesterday. He suggested $5 would make people cut back. I told him that I remembered having the exact same conversation with a friend of mine in the 70s. He said that when gas got to $1 a gallon the bass boats would disappear from the lake. I thought he was right. We were both very wrong.
I think $10 might see some of the guys with older rigs cutting back, but if you have $90k in a boat and $60k in the truck, I don't think the price of gas will slow many up. What WILL slow them up is no gas, or gas rationing. There are people in the world who would absolutely love for that to happen, and there are many in power right here in our own country. All i can say is if your wallet can afford it go for it. But for most of us we will cut back as much as possible. With inflation soaring now gas and diesel going up it’s gonna get tight for a lot of people.
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/05/22 05:51 PM
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basscaster46
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I can finally be happy having a 115 on my boat Rt 188 merc 115 too
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/05/22 06:12 PM
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Douglas J
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My uncle and I talked about this while fishing yesterday. He suggested $5 would make people cut back. I told him that I remembered having the exact same conversation with a friend of mine in the 70s. He said that when gas got to $1 a gallon the bass boats would disappear from the lake. I thought he was right. We were both very wrong.
I think $10 might see some of the guys with older rigs cutting back, but if you have $90k in a boat and $60k in the truck, I don't think the price of gas will slow many up. What WILL slow them up is no gas, or gas rationing. There are people in the world who would absolutely love for that to happen, and there are many in power right here in our own country. All i can say is if your wallet can afford it go for it. But for most of us we will cut back as much as possible. With inflation soaring now gas and diesel going up it’s gonna get tight for a lot of people. If you have $120K+ in a boat and truck there is minimal effect on fuel prices.
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/05/22 10:05 PM
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We go to Venice LA for a week in late May. It’s been a tradition for the last 7 years. I burn about 150 gallons of gas or more that week. With the price going up and Venice Marina being about $1 a gallon higher that could be $1,000 of gas by then. Plus 10 mpg pulling the boat back and forth is another 75 gallons. $1,500 total gas bill.
No way Joe Biden keeps us from hammering the trout.
We might run around a little less. Most likely it’s FJB and hammer down......lol.
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/05/22 10:44 PM
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Minner Bucket
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It’s not the boat gas for me, it’s the truck gas going to lakes 2 hours away that will slow down. $100 a tank a diesel now and rising  Thanks Brandon
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Re: How high will gas need to get
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03/06/22 12:16 AM
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Dogfish_Jones
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Put in 25 gallons yesterday at the cost of $100. Add in the truck gas at $80 that is getting tough to dish out. Plus my boat hold 55 gallons so if I went from empty to full at $4 a gallon which will happen within a week that is $220 plus the $80 for the truck…..grand total of $300 to just put the boat on the water for a tournament. Then add in the tournament fee of $150, I’m down $450 without throwing a lure.
Needless to say, my pre-fishing will be cut out and I will “try” to limit running my 250 to a minimum.
All brought to you by Dirt Bag Joe Biden.
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