Paying half the expenses is a great deal for a back seater. Common sense tells anyone that. Helping out any other way one can is appreciated too.

I have a co worker that has a boat but something is always wrong with it plus it's only 16 ft long. We only use his to fish a river that runs though town that's two miles long. He doesn't clean it and we are lucky it starts but don't really need big motor to fish. Anyways mines newer I keep it clean and check everything to make sure it starts b4 I leave the house. We use mine when we go to the lake. Most of the time he gives money but not all the time and he never helps clean it or truck after long trip to falcon. He keeps saying he's going to get bigger boat cause I keep telling him it's his turn to do all the driving and figuring out where to fish and let me relax and just fish. He makes more money than I do and don't have wife or kids. So I call [censored] I think he would just rather bum of me. So now when he calls and ask about going fishing I do what the bass do I shut down.

I started out as a backseater and now have a boat I can use whenever I can...but when my buddy and I go out and take his boat, I will generally tow it for him...my gas...he puts gas in the boat...if we go in my boat, he tows it with his truck and I put gas in my boat...we generally swap off buying food and stuff for each other...works very well

I am a back seater and met this guy through my wife. I was lucky enough that he invited me on his fishing trip. I told him I would help him pay for gas and buy the beer. he never accepted any gas money, but I always insisted on buying drinks and ice. I don't usually eat on a boat so I don't offer food unless we do an all day trip. Since I know he won't accept gas money, I try to help here and there. I bought him a cast net and returned whatever lures I borrowed and lost on a snag. I always help him clean up his boat afterwards and do the little things like dropping or pulling up the trolling motor. We are good fishing buddies now and go out to the lake with him almost every week. Think I will get him replacement blades for his filet knife since he always filets my fish. He has the boat on a slip so he doesn't have to tow the truck.

I'm a backseat hitchhiker and I always offer gas money (Not always taken but offered), I pay for minnows and because I make crappie lures they all get their jigs free. I owned a boat and I know the costs of taking a boat to the lake... Common sense tells me it's the right thing to do...

i only charge a percentage of any winnings and beer

Have you even bother to ask him for any help or going halfs? I have never asked my buddy's for anything since I always invited them. If you never lay down the rules how is he suppose to know. Ask, the most he can say is no.

It costs me about the same whether I go alone or bring someone. I may ask them to pick up a bag of ice for the cooler.

I went on a long trip once with a dude who insisted I pay more than half due to the "wear and tear" on his vehicle. Never again.

Besides I need someone to throw to the sharks so I can escape.