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Location: Kodiak, AK | That's a tough question, and you'll have the gamut of answers. To answer your question on "average" I'd say 100 hrs, but that's just what I've heard mentioned before, and there's just so many factors to be precise; how large a body of water one fishes, how they fish (milk run vs camping out in a bay or spot waiting for a window), troller vs a caster, etc. This question was asked on BBC a while back, and the answers ran from 15 hrs to over 400 hrs.
If a guy fishes a big body of water they'll burn more hours just getting around the lake than a guy on a small lake where you can get from one side to the other in a few minutes. If a guy trolls alot he'll use more hours than a guy who only casts. If a guy moves every 30 minutes to the next spot on his milk run, he'll burn more than the guy who sits in one part of the lake and waits for a window.
Me, fishing big water, never ever trolling, and milk run/camping on a weed bed equal amounts, I put about 150 hrs on my motor last year, averaging 3-5 days a week on the water....and that was after losing more than a month last spring with a blown VMAX before my repower. I'm guessing I'll do 200 hrs this year. So pare that down to every other weekend like you mentioned, and that gives you what....20-40 hrs maybe, depending.... |
