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| Is the current rising fuel prices by Wall Street and Big Oil affecting anybodys plans? A couple of years ago this happened and alot of Resorts businesses was hurt and some closed in the northwoods and canada( on a couple of my mid summer trips to V and LOTW it seemed like a ghost town)! I'm not starving but it's an absolute joke i've got to spend 500-600.00 dollars just to get to LOTW from the chicago area towing my boat.
Thoughts!!!
Duluth-3.85
Eagle River-4.11
Chicago- 4.29
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Location: North Central IL USA | No won't affect my plans - no vac for me this year.
I think it sucks though! I'm so sick of this greed!!!! I live in Northern IL and Chicago's ( the nation's highest)prices affect me 2 counties away. |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | The Midwest currently has the highest prices in the country due to work being done at the Exxon refinery in Joliet and the BP refinery in Indiana. Once both of these plants get back to full production the prices will drop.
The Exxon plant will be capable of refining the cheaper Canadian crude when completed. The capacity will be increased as well. The Midwest should enjoy the cheapest prices in the country for years to come when the Exxon plant is 100% online. |
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So you're expecting them to pass on the savings to the consumer ? Hahaha, RIGHT !!!
Bytor - 6/9/2013 1:12 PM
The Exxon plant will be capable of refining the cheaper Canadian crude when completed. The capacity will be increased as well. The Midwest should enjoy the cheapest prices in the country for years to come when the Exxon plant is 100% online. |
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Location: Eau Claire,WI | I got sick of the high prices years ago. I learned to fish a few local bodies of water and stopped driving 100+ miles to find fish. I can leave my house and be casting within 30 minutes,including loading the boat with all my stuff. I realize some might not have musky waters so close... |
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| Bytor - 6/9/2013 1:12 PM
The Midwest currently has the highest prices in the country due to work being done at the Exxon refinery in Joliet and the BP refinery in Indiana. Once both of these plants get back to full production the prices will drop.
The Exxon plant will be capable of refining the cheaper Canadian crude when completed. The capacity will be increased as well. The Midwest should enjoy the cheapest prices in the country for years to come when the Exxon plant is 100% online.
http://posttrib.suntimes.com/20562945-537/hoosier-gas-prices-soar-a... |
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Location: Land of the Musky | I have been invested in oil/gas now for the last few years. Great returns and better than the average. That is how I am dealing with gas for my pickup... Extra money to just give right back to the greedy SOBs.
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| Ya, it seems like just when the price of oil decreases and the price of gas is set to go down a little there is all of a sudden a problem at a refinery or a pipeline goes down or a an off shore rig has some kind of problem. Doesn't take much to figure out what's going on. |
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Location: N.FIB | I used to go to vilas county a lot back when gas was 1.50 or so,now not much at all with the price of gas being so much.I should of went this weekend,it would of been about even with the 350 I dropped at the poker game tonight. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | How many minutes do you have to work to buy a gallon of gas. I remember buying gas for less than 50 cents a gallon but men were supporting families without their wife working on a hundred bucks a week. When I first got married you couldn't carry 20 dollars worth of groceries today you don't even need a bag.A new truck was less than $3000 coffee was a dime and cigarettes were 33 cents. Today we make and carry more devalued dollars before I retired my last pair of work boots cost more than 4 times what I paid for my first car.Today I put $154 in my gas tank
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| If I drive 500 miles round trip to go fishing at 16 MPG in my Envoy, I'll only save $16 if gas drops 50 cents a gallon. If $16 dollars is going to make or break a trip than I shouldn't be going in the first place...... I don't bother considering gas for the boat, I'd be using that no matter where I fish. I hear guys at work Bi_ch all day about the cost of things from gas, to milk, to groceries but they spend hundreds on beer or the casino all the time! Sorry for the rant, just sayin' don't let $20 stop you from doing what you love and "NEED" after working your butt off all year long like the rest of us.
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Location: oswego, il | the entertainer formerly known as prince had to change the name of his song to little red chevette. |
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Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | BMuskyX - 6/9/2013 8:29 PM
If I drive 500 miles round trip to go fishing at 16 MPG in my Envoy, I'll only save $16 if gas drops 50 cents a gallon. If $16 dollars is going to make or break a trip than I shouldn't be going in the first place...... I don't bother considering gas for the boat, I'd be using that no matter where I fish. I hear guys at work Bi_ch all day about the cost of things from gas, to milk, to groceries but they spend hundreds on beer or the casino all the time! Sorry for the rant, just sayin' don't let $20 stop you from doing what you love and "NEED" after working your butt off all year long like the rest of us.
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| Our EPA requires "Summer blended gas" in our area. The refineries shut down for maintenance and switch over. Perhaps it wouldn't have been as long if we didn't have 100 or so different blends of gas. Its not always the oil companies like many politians try to tell you. Oil is traded as a commodity. When you have a de valued dollar like we have now, low rates, commodities jump. But you may ask, why is oil only $94 a barrel and the price of gas is over $4.19? If you recall under the last president oil hit $147 a barrel and the price of gas hit $4.25 a gal. So don't blame this on oil companies. Its a common myth everytime gas goes up. They don't control the price of the market. |
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| funny. a vast majority of oil is from canada.
but canadians pay much more.
ever feel your being violated. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
Aside from OPEC, ho has more control over supply than the oil companies ?
They may not "control" the closing NYMEX price of a barrel of oil or a gallon of gasoline but to believe that there isn't a strong causal relationship between their supply management and the price trends of petroleum products is pretty naive.
hunter991 - 6/10/2013 7:00 AM
So don't blame this on oil companies. Its a common myth everytime gas goes up. They don't control the price of the market. |
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| I used to have a Harley and a boat, now I just have a boat. If I have to give up something else to enjoy my trips "Up North," I'll give that up too. But, I am going "Up North!" |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Left for Door county on Friday morning, paid $4.15 a gallon in Rockford. Filled up in Sturgeon Bay 4 hours later and paid $4.20 a gallon. The pump shut off at $100 and I still had to fill up the boat. By far the biggest expense is the gas. Leaving again on Friday this week for trip to Tomahawk, it's either pay the gas man or stay home. Not interested in staying home, I can do that this winter. I need a deisel!! |
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| My buddy is in Texas today $3.29 a gallon. |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | I no longer have a full size truck and I miss it every day. I do the Chicago run from Minneapolis with a great milege vehicle almost every weekend, and that is on the verge of excessive pain. Does anyone want a 1959 26' Chris Craft Sea Skiff? |
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Location: Ames, Iowa | If gas is 3.70 a gal, let's say it went up 70cents. 405 mile trip one way to the lake. I've figured 25 gallons up to the lake and 22 back from the lake without the boat since I leave it up there awhile. At those price differences that means the cost difference is $33 round trip. I can save that a ton of ways up at the lake. Don't take the family out to eat just one time and I save that. Stay at the big lake a couple extra days without the 45 mile trips to another lake. No stops with the family along the way up or down to spend big money at a restaurant. But the thing that sucks is that gas really ought to be about $2.60 a gallon, not $3.89. Anytime people get all happy cause the price of gas drops 20 cents- that just makes my blood boil. They're just massaging/schmoozing us to make us feel better when that happens. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | I don't want to get to heaven's pearly gates celebrating with the knowledge that I saved $20 on gas instead of fishing with my son and friends!
What happens if next year gas is a dollar more than this year? Do you miss opportunities this year and eliminate fishing next year? You don't get time back!
Life is too short, live it to the fullest! |
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| Heading to LOTW for 6 weeks.....gonna do my best at running OPEC out of oil....wish me luck. |
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Location: MN | ^ Love it. Don't let the ba$tards win |
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Location: one foot over the line | burn baby burn, they make more everyday. actually, when you boil it all down, gas is one of the less expensive parts of our sport. Truck=30,000. boat=30,000. poles,line,reels=????? lures=???? net=150, release tools=100, toilet paper=???, food=???, beer=i don't want to think of how much that has cost me. i think you get the point, go fish. |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Used to see 25-30 rigs heading north on 10 and 51 on an average summer Friday night 10 years ago. We counted last Friday, 7. And out of the 7, 1 Ranger sized boat. People are feeling the pinch.
Fuel was 4.12 in Land O Lakes, super was 4.66.
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Location: minocqua, wi. | imagine how expensive trolling will be ... ayahhhhh |
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| jonnysled - 6/11/2013 10:03 AM
imagine how expensive trolling will be ... ayahhhhh
Row troll! its free and the heart attack you have might cost more than the gas, but atleast your outside!
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Location: oswego, il | I fish alot. it ads up but the reality is gas prices have been high for awhile. trolling ads up too but I like having all my options.;-) |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | jonnysled - 6/11/2013 10:03 AM
imagine how expensive trolling will be ... ayahhhhh
Imagine paying for fuel for this thing? 5 350 Verados. 400.00 per hr wot.
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Location: 31 | beerforthemuskygods - 6/11/2013 8:18 AM ... toilet paper=??? Yikes!
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Location: one foot over the line | Jerry Newman - 6/11/2013 1:21 PM
beerforthemuskygods - 6/11/2013 8:18 AM ... toilet paper=??? Yikes!
It all adds up. (bratwurst, sauerkraut, cheap beer) better buy the good TP. |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | gmanny1 - 6/9/2013 11:41 AM
Is the current rising fuel prices by Wall Street and Big Oil affecting anybodys plans? A couple of years ago this happened and alot of Resorts businesses was hurt and some closed in the northwoods and canada( on a couple of my mid summer trips to V and LOTW it seemed like a ghost town)! I'm not starving but it's an absolute joke i've got to spend 500-600.00 dollars just to get to LOTW from the chicago area towing my boat.
Thoughts!!!
Duluth-3.85
Eagle River-4.11
Chicago- 4.29
Kenora-5.90 Imp gal
NO!
Winnipeg- 6.24 Imp gal |
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Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | Gee, it makes a guy think that a smaller boat pulled by a smaller vehicle might be a better way to go. It's great to fish out of a 20 foot Ranger... but man is it getting expensive (not to mention the $$$ of the boat). A nice big boat is great...but if you can only afford to look at it in your driveway... |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | My wife and I are doing many things to make our gas go further. We troll less and cast more. We are doing trade a trips with other Muskies inc members in Michigan so we can use our little car which gets 35 to 40 mpg. We also use this car to pull our smaller boat(1448 SEA ARK) and fish muskies from that A LOT. Our 2004 Chevy Aveo gets 28 to 30 mpg pulling our 1448 at 50 to 60 mph . Our 18 footer sits a lot more as towing it costs more then running it so we use it locally. Lots of things we all can do to minimize the gas we burn fishing. I can still cast and troll all day with the little boat on under 3 gallons of gas(9.9 hp merc 2 stroke.) Still even using the Aveo and the small boat we spend around 30 bucks on gas every trip we make to our closest Muskie lakes. Mike
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Location: Kodiak, AK | I just towed my boat 5,000 miles and gas is $4.50 here. Gas prices come and go. The fishing must go on...
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Location: Washington, PA | Just remember, bottled water is usually more expensive than gasoline. How much of that do you buy in a year? |
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| imho gaz price is way too low,the end is near for giant engine |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | What a fantatic photo Mr. Fly! Thanks for all your posts, which did intrigue me to acquire some lunge capable fly gear. Safe and Happy travels Sir, and there is always room on the internet for Lingcodfirst.com
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Location: New Hope MN | esoxfly - 6/12/2013 7:42 PM
I just towed my boat 5,000 miles and gas is $4.50 here. Gas prices come and go. The fishing must go on...
Ok... What's the story? Don't leave us hanging! |
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Location: Smith Creek | Trading Esox for Salmonid, 10" rabbit fur for beads. Salud!
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Location: Kodiak, AK | dtaijo174 - 6/13/2013 9:27 AM esoxfly - 6/12/2013 7:42 PM I just towed my boat 5,000 miles and gas is $4.50 here. Gas prices come and go. The fishing must go on... Ok... What's the story? Don't leave us hanging! Ah, no real story...just transferring back to Kodiak for another tour there. No muskies in AK though. But there are 50" pike and Ill keep busy with ling cod halibut and salmon. Halibut on a fly is a rush. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Clark A - 6/12/2013 11:26 PM What a fantatic photo Mr. Fly! Thanks for all your posts, which did intrigue me to acquire some lunge capable fly gear. Safe and Happy travels Sir, and there is always room on the internet for Lingcodfirst.com Thanks, I'll be back on Kodiak by the weekend. Glad to hear you're trying to the fly thing. It's a labor of love, but can really pay off if you give it a shot. Have fun! Not sure how many members lingcodfirst would have...lol But they are a blast to catch. They're like big saltwater muskies that actually LIKE to get caught! |
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They taste better than musky too !
esoxfly - 6/13/2013 11:01 AM
Not sure how many members lingcodfirst would have...lol But they are a blast to catch. They're like big saltwater muskies that actually LIKE to get caught! |
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Location: South Beloit, IL | I decided to take a year off from fishing and do something else I've always wanted to do, which is learn to fly... Now with 100LL at $6.20/gal & burning 8-9 gal/hr the regular gas prices don't seem that bad. |
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| esoxfly - 6/12/2013 7:42 PM
I just towed my boat 5,000 miles and gas is $4.50 here. Gas prices come and go. The fishing must go on...
I've stood in front of that sign, best road trip of my life. |
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| Fact: The economy will NEVER recover with these extremely high oil/fuel prices.
Expensive gas doesn't hurt everyone just when filling up at the pump.
High oil and fuel prices affect EVERYTHING in your daily life...from the cost of the food you put on your table, to the clothes on your back to how warm/cool you keep that roof over your head. The amount of money it costs to feed a family of four for a week of groceries is just insane....which is all related back to the high oil/fuel prices.
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Location: Kodiak, AK | dfkiii - 6/13/2013 2:07 PM They taste better than musky too ! esoxfly - 6/13/2013 11:01 AM Not sure how many members lingcodfirst would have...lol But they are a blast to catch. They're like big saltwater muskies that actually LIKE to get caught! Very true! |
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Location: NW WI | Gander Mt Guide - 6/11/2013 1:20 PM
jonnysled - 6/11/2013 10:03 AM
imagine how expensive trolling will be ... ayahhhhh
Imagine paying for fuel for this thing? 5 350 Verados. 400.00 per hr wot.
Must be owned by the US Govt. |
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Location: Not far enough north! | My business runs on fuel unfortunately. Burning hundreds of gallons a day. Off road diesel is right about $4.00 now too. My fuel bills have more than doubled in the last ten years. Not to mention most fertilizers are a petroleum product too, now those prices are nuts. I don't know how anyone is ever supposed to get ahead... |
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Location: NE Wisconsin | Had to downsize!
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| There is some good news--
Front page of Milwaukee Journal today--
Prices are down 14% from the highs just over 2 weeks ago
Below 3.50 in the Milwaukee area---
Thats where I start my trip to Northern MN in about 2 weeks---hopefully it keeps falling throughout the state....
Others prices thru WI and MN????? |
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| It's still $4.09 down here, down from $4.35 a few weeks ago. But this place ****ing sucks, and does not resemble reality. |
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Location: MN | Lots of $3.30 - $3.35 in southern half of MN |
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Location: Central Wisconsin | Low to mid $3.30's in central Wi right now. It's heading the right direction for sure. Hopefully it has a ways to go yet! |
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Location: oconomowoc, wi | 4th of july is fast approaching... should see gas spike about .50 cents in a week or so. never fails. |
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| Supply and demand. I think that people forget the only countries with lower gas prices than us are the other OPEC nations. There are a million other things our money goes towards other than gas so pinch in one area to adjust for it.
My personal favorite? Catch walleye and learn how to take the Y bones out of northerns. That'll save you a ton on food for those trips right there! |
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Location: E. Tenn | Filled up for $3.089 in East Tennessee today.. there's a bit of a gas war going on in my neighborhood!
With that said tho, the closest place to musky fish is 120 miles from my front door.....
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Location: North Central IL USA | 3.69 in Sycamore, IL today. |
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Location: WI | I paid $1.359 per litre on Tuesday in Nestor Falls. Works out to a littlie over $5 a gal. |
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Location: Grinnell, Iowa | You're not just paying for the gas at the pump, you are also paying for the road tax and any other taxes that particular state has roled into it. |
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Location: West Chester, OH | rocket - 6/28/2013 11:48 AM
You're not just paying for the gas at the pump, you are also paying for the road tax and any other taxes that particular state has roled into it.
Yep. About $.50/gallon here in Ohiya. |
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| $3.37 in cloquet today should help the people heading north
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Location: one foot over the line | pretty sad when folks start thinkin that low $3.00 gas is inexpensive. gov't has a way of making people thankful to pay that and at the same time point out the evil profits of the oil company when the truth is that the gov't makes more money off of gas than anyone else. |
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Location: Nebraska | Just got back from a week's vacation in Sweden. We drove around for 1800 km enjoying the scenery. Gas was $8.70/gallon. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Filled up the Tahoe this morning, all packed and ready to get in line heading North for the Holiday tomorrow night. Paid $93.76 for the tank of gas. Will need to do this two more times for this weeks fishing adventures in the Northwoods. Add boat gas, and expenses for just gas will push $350. Could be way worse..
Have a safe holiday! |
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Location: E. Tenn | In a couple of months I'll be loading up, and dragging all the stuff, and the boat 1000 mi. each way. If I take it easy on the accelerator, I can do it on $475. Being in a big hurry to get there, and waiting til the last minute to get home more like $550.
Heck, I spent that on my last tackle shopping spree... and it's a two week trip..
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | Johnnie - 6/26/2013 2:42 PM
Had to downsize!
That is actually just a bit smaller then we have. The Chevy Aveo is just few feet longer and the 1448 Jon is a bit longer too. However it has way more room for tackle and such. Like I said before, we get 28 to 30 mpg pulling the boat at 50 to 60 mph. For those who think it would wreck the car? We bought the Aveo new in 2004 and have 97,000 miles on it now. It has pulled the boat for over half of those miles. It is a 5 speed stick. I do not think the automatic would have held up. Other then standard maintenance we have had zero problems with the rig going on 9 years now. W e even hit deer with it while towing the boat in Indiana. Still going strong. Mike |
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| gas is 1.24 a litre in southern Ontario l.st clair region.
but ,if ya wanna play yer gotta pay.
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