Gas Price- Will it make a difference this fall

[outdoor ran]

$2.79 a gal in Superior today. Sure glad we have the oil refinery here

[upnorth]

We will probably skip our last camping trip of the year and will probably not hit the lake as often. Ice fishing is going to have to be limited too. Not going to quit going, just not heading out as much or as far.

This is going to kill some of the smaller communities tourist industry. I can see some resort winding closing and just selling the land to private land owners. Might not be a pretty scenerio if this keeps up too long.

[Tom Linderholm]

Good thing you just gassed up cause she jumped 20 cents @ 1pm today. $2.85 in Hinckley on my drive up today.

[hanson]

$2.89 per gallon at every gas station on my way home from work tonight.

I'll see you guys all out on Medicine Lake this winter.

[Northlander]

Outdoorran I wonder if they are even doing anything with petro at that refinery? It sure doesnt do us any good. Oh my bad, it does give a few guys good paying jobs. It sure dont help us out on any gas prices. The same gas that is sold in Duluth comes from Superior. Thats the Superior and Wi. taxation at its best I guess. Now my chew went up 20 cents a tin. Man Im going to have to slow down on a lot of things I guess.

[hanson]

Northlander.

At least your cigs didn't go up 75 cents a pack.

I don't smoke so that doesn't bother me, but man, if you drive a lot while smoking up a storm, road trips have to cost a guy a pretty penny now.

[Capt. H (Ret.)]

I think you guys have missed an important question which is whether or GAS RATIONING is the next thing to come. Some of you may not remember the gas problems of the 70's but I do. Most of our gas comes from Louisiana and I don't think the pipeline will remain full. I am sure happy that my suv/boat are paid for because I would hate to make payments on something that I can't use. Somethings got to give and I don't think it will be oil!!!

[icecold]

I go out west snowmobiling every winter,and northern wisconsin a few times a year, and I can see that those days are over, it will cost 30 or more bucks to fill tank on sled, Im glad I have had 25 good years of snowmobiling under my belt, Because I think the hard times are going to hit hard and very soon.

[blue_healer_guy]

Won't effect my fall trips but might in the winter. I coach baseball in the spring and have a separate account at the bank(in my name only) for my fishing trips. It's worked out good for me, the wife doesn't complain as much when it's not coming out of our living expenses.

[federline]

I'm thankful for still being able to swallow the cost of gas for recreation at all. It could be worse, and probably will be.

Overall, I won't fish less, but the random trips to new lakes farther out every month are going to stop. Any trips bigger than to local lakes will have to be planned out as a group with friends to share cost if I'm driving.

Fish less?! You've got to be kidding me! It doesn't hurt THAT bad yet!

[mtreno]

Cheffrey-

hey my math on that one tells me i saved about 15 bucks! timing is everything

[matthothand]

When I'm not on the charter boat I'm working at the gas station (tuition keeps going up as well) and the other night we ran out of regular and mid-grade and the refinery wouldn't let us get gas that afternoon/evening. Gas rationing could become reality very soon and who knows how high the prices will go. I wouldn't mind if we stopped putting men on the moon and hot wheels cars on Mars and sincerely looked for a solution to all of this. But you'd hate to ask too much out of the most powerful nation on the planet.

[MNice]

I put about 25,000 mile per year on my truck, will my plans change? NO, but I'm considering wether I need a truck. I sure like it, but I'm thinking TDI. I have a smaller boat and utility trailer that both come in under 1000#, and 90% of the time, I'm empty anyway....

Great>> more dump to think about

[mtreno]

if you have room at your home. you could always go buy an old crappy car cheap and use that for your daily driver and keep the truck fresh for when your hunting/fishing. thats what i did a little over a year ago and i have more than saved enough to pay for the car. look around a bit all the dealers are selling used cars for pennies on the dollar from trade-ins on all those new ones they have sold. its been new car deal after new car deal one right after another senice 9/11 happened. and now with all the you pay what we pay stuff going around im sure they will get even better. i got a 92 ford tempo with 89,000 on it for 700 bucks. it had some issues with the seats and glove box but the car it self is in great shape and had another 100k left in her - best part - 38 mpg

[Mark Christianson]

The down side, is now you have to pay for that commuter car and you have to insure it.

But at these prices, it wont probably take long to pay for itself.

We have 3 vehicles. A pickup that sits 95% of the time, the wifes SUV and my 185,000 mile Toyota Paseo.

I do hate paying insurance on the pickup when the fact is that I hardly ever touch it any longer. But its my hunting/fishing vehicle so getting rid of it isnt really an option for me personally.

[WxGuy]

2.99/gal for reg. unleaded in Rochester as of midday today (Wednesday)

[buzzsaw]

mmmmmmmmm, sure am glad I own two SUV's!! NOT!!! It's out of control and will only get worse, our country needs to come up with a solution to this issue and fast!

[bigeyes]

WOW, I read all these posts and can see why gas is pushing $3 bucks and CNN just reported experts now predict over $4 this year. Folks if you keep your demand inelastic then of course the price will shoot up. Almost nobody on here cares enough to cut back any trips. Tells me most of the folks on here must be making a heck of a lot of money.

[castmaster]

these prices have cut down on my solo trips and the short one or two day trips. used to be i'd run up to mille lacs from south suburbs of st paul, all by myself just ot fish for the day and drive back late that night, not any more. now i try to make it at least a full weekend if not a 3 day trip just to feel like i got more for the cost of getting there.

on trips with others along, we just split gas evenly so it doesnt hurt so bad. whoevers driving fills the tank before we leave town, any gas put in on the trip gets split between the guys and then the driver fills back up when we get back to town and everyone splits the cost of that tank. that way the driver has the same amount of gas as he left town with and noone feels like they paid for gas that wasnt used. seems to work best for us. and in reality if your talking even $1 a gallon difference in price, if you go through 150 gallons its $150 more than before. split between 3 guys your only talking $50 each, which can be made up for by cooking a few meals instead of eating out, not drinking beer at $2.50 a can etc. but when your solo and have to eat the extra gas while still paying for lodging and other misc it defintiely hurts!!

[ozzy]

This year I will be doing alot more couch fishing, maybe throw a line out the window and catch a couple of squirrels

[mtreno]

castmaster - thats the biggie for me now - no more bar trips while on fishin trips. bring your food with. saves a ton!

ozzy - i have an oversized ball that had a hole thru it that had this goffy lookin tail thing on it when i bought it. well after the dog removed the tail i decided to tie the ball to one of my really old musky setups. me and the lab have had plenty of long fishin trips in the front yard. and my lab thinks its more fun then i do. the kids next door think its a hoot also.....

[Captain B.R.K]

bigeyes....I don't think that is the case with this site. I don't make a lot of money and the gas prices have made me think otherwise on various trips I'll be taking this year. Instead of just running to the land to check out tracks, deer sign, etc. Now there needs to be more justification than just burning through a 1/2 tank of gas.

But you all saw how long it took the market to get into the SUV market, then when it happened everyone was offering some type of SUV. Same thing with fuel saving vehicles....won't be many out there until the next worst thing happens, then everyone will have some kind of model available.

They can put em' out but who in the world can afford em' when they are pricing them at $50,ooo!

[Bauer and Standke]

I am thinking of buying a moped but I cant think of a way to hook my boat to it and I dont know what the police would think when I have my shotgun in a case straped to my back.

[Bobby Bass]

If you added two canoes like side cars you could use them like outrigers.. Just drive right in off the landing.. Shotgun would be ok as long as it is in the rear most portion of you body

[Kevin Turner]

I'm gonna fish...plain & simple. KT