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Location: Athens, Ohio | Just saw on he Columbus local news where a station up there went to $5 / gallon regular (4.999 or whatever). I have a trip planned for in the morning and I hope the $4.49 gas I put in the wife's car today is as high as I will see. My muskie waters are 2, 2.5, 3 hr drives.
At $5, I'm going bass fishing in my local lakes until someone gets this fixed. What is your squeal point for muskie fishing travel cost? m |
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| $10/gallon for me - until then I'll travel as normal life's too short to worry about an extra $40-50 buck a tank @ $5/gallon ...sell some baits 
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Location: SW Ohio | I'll fish local lakes but put off making long runs. Diesel has been over $5/gal for a while now. |
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| While I don't like paying $4.99 for diesel like I did for my recent trip to Rochester, MN from northern WI, it won't stop me from going anywhere. Reality is that fuel is only part of the equation. Look at the cost of vehicles. Maintenance of vehicles has grown far faster than fuel cost. I bought a new Tahoe with the baby Duramax in 2024, got an extended warranty for 5 years, bumper to bumper. I am thinking that unlike my last two trucks, I will trade it at 5 years. Recently had a sensor replaced under warranty. Had I paid full cost, with labor it would have been over $400 and it is basically a plug and play replacement. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Part of my compensation package is a fuel card for all use, i guess id have to ask the CFO what his squeal point is LOL (ive never used it for filling the boat up or anything like that, but it fills my duramax up at least once a week)
Edited by ILESOX 4/30/2026 8:24 AM
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Location: Brighton CO. | My Dad passed ten years ago and I'm driving his car, it had 56,000+ on it when I started driving it and I have 119,000+ on it now. I fish in the town pond close to home and shop locally. Or if I go farter I'll hit Costco, Trader Joes, Spouts and a mom and pop meat market and Cabela's in a big circle. So besides the cost of gas I try to kept the miles down on my car so I don't have to buy a different one. Yesterday I went and had lunch with a friend then went to his home and watched a movie. He gave me some Muskie photo's from our last couple trips including one real special one from last trip. I had caught a 40" Tiger and it went thru the bottom of the net as I went to take it out. (there was a hole in the guides net) Another client caught the same fish in the same spot a few weeks beforehand so my buddy had me put my arms out like I was holding a fish and took a photo when we had the guide send a photo of the other fisherman holding the fish. My friend photo shopped it. (now I have a fish picture of my largest Tiger. If it was just another Muskie who cares? How many pictures of 40 inch fish do I need but a Tiger that was different. |
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| It's kind of weird. The impact of the cost of gas, has the smallest effect on me now, than it ever has my entire life. I'm making more, and my expenses have gone way down. However, I'm not taking as many trips and fishing a lot less. Tired of the effort needed because I fish alone most of the time. Lost my main fishing buddy last summer, to cancer. I'm more likely to grab a fly rod and spinning rod, and buzz down to the driftless area and walk a stream, than I am to hook up the boat and go to a lake. Kind of feel like I've caught enough muskies, unless it's a giant hunt, or someone wants to take me. Probably selling the boat this summer. Might get a little jon boat for small rivers. |
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| North of 8 - 4/30/2026 7:42 AM
While I don't like paying $4.99 for diesel like I did for my recent trip to Rochester, MN from northern WI, it won't stop me from going anywhere. Reality is that fuel is only part of the equation. Look at the cost of vehicles. Maintenance of vehicles has grown far faster than fuel cost. I bought a new Tahoe with the baby Duramax in 2024, got an extended warranty for 5 years, bumper to bumper. I am thinking that unlike my last two trucks, I will trade it at 5 years. Recently had a sensor replaced under warranty. Had I paid full cost, with labor it would have been over $400 and it is basically a plug and play replacement.
What would you trade it for? Anything new will be even more complex. |
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| Vilas15 - 4/30/2026 8:06 PM
North of 8 - 4/30/2026 7:42 AM
While I don't like paying $4.99 for diesel like I did for my recent trip to Rochester, MN from northern WI, it won't stop me from going anywhere. Reality is that fuel is only part of the equation. Look at the cost of vehicles. Maintenance of vehicles has grown far faster than fuel cost. I bought a new Tahoe with the baby Duramax in 2024, got an extended warranty for 5 years, bumper to bumper. I am thinking that unlike my last two trucks, I will trade it at 5 years. Recently had a sensor replaced under warranty. Had I paid full cost, with labor it would have been over $400 and it is basically a plug and play replacement.
What would you trade it for? Anything new will be even more complex.
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | I was diagnosed with a serious cancer last year (41 years old). I’m not missing out on my favorite pass time with my dad or kids for some extra gas money. Life is short, I’ll make cuts in other areas if I have to in order to fund fuel, but I’m not missing out on time on the water for the price of gas. My truck gets 11-12 mph towing and my 621 holds 56 gallons of gas, river boat is more economical with a 6 gallon tank but is a lot less nice even in 12” chop.
I average 5-7 gallons a day on my local water in the big boat and 6 round trip to and from the lake. I can take the family to Culver’s for the same price as a day on the lake. One is much more memorable… |
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| Expensive hobby! To put it in perspective it is $1.89/ L in Manitoba right now, I'm sure at the marina's it is over $2/L. That equals $7.15 / G. I really hope it goes down soon; I'll be using my trolling motor to go everywhere lol. |
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| RyanJoz - 4/30/2026 9:19 PM
I was diagnosed with a serious cancer last year (41 years old). I’m not missing out on my favorite pass time with my dad or kids for some extra gas money. Life is short, I’ll make cuts in other areas if I have to in order to fund fuel, but I’m not missing out on time on the water for the price of gas. My truck gets 11-12 mph towing and my 621 holds 56 gallons of gas, river boat is more economical with a 6 gallon tank but is a lot less nice even in 12” chop.
I average 5-7 gallons a day on my local water in the big boat and 6 round trip to and from the lake. I can take the family to Culver’s for the same price as a day on the lake. One is much more memorable…
Good priorities. |
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Location: Duluth | Fuel costs won't stop me from fishing. The price of being miserable is far higher than even $10 gas.
These days I spend much more of my time in places where a fuel tank isn't necessary on the boat, if I bring one at all. I still fish a few annual trips with my buddies, and have excellent muskie water literally out my back door so the effort to fishing time is low.
Most of my angling effort is bushwacking small flows with my brittany in search of brook trout. I've mellowed out a lot. |
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