Gas prices at the marina pumps!!!

So my buddy just did a two day trip in his yellowfin with three other friends of mine. They burned 960 gallons of gas! I can’t imagine what that cost at the marina pumps in Venice.

I paid $6.70/gallon at Duskin Point on Smith last Sunday. I imagine it would be north of that in Venice.

A little over $5,600. I just left from a 2 day trip in Venice the first of June and it was around $5.65 at the marina.

FYI, our fuel bill was a little over $1,500. We were in a 36 foot Contender with twin 350's.

That's a lot of money for some fishing...I'm sure it'll decrease some boats on the water...I know we've booked a couple charters in the keys for the 4th and it's a lot higher than it was last year same time frame, all they can do is pass it along

A 25ft cat hull with twin 4 stroke 90’s is looking pretty good right now.

Ouch!! I hope the buddies split the fuel since he supplied the ride. I don't know where he keeps the boat but it probably wouldn't be cheap to get the boat to Venice for starters. This hunting and fishing thing is getting expensive. It must be killing the six pack capts. with twin diesels. I know they will pass it along, but they probably won't have as many takers.

Guys , sounds like a lot of fun but I'll stick with cats out of the river

Im just gonna watch people hunt an fish on youtube this year

Catfish dave🤪

It’s double what it was last year, but I don’t know if I could afford it at $2.50/ gallon. That’s still $2400.

The boat my brother billfishes on holds 2,600 gallons of diesel and they take an extra 800 gallons in bladders. Haven’t heard exactly how much they burned in the Biloxi tournament yet

The dock master at orange beach and I drink coffee just about every morning and said during the billfish tournament last weekend in Mississippi, he figured 73 boats burned around a million in fuel

That’s crazy!! I do know of one boat that burned 1400 gallons.

cranks every time and burns no fuel!

DAMN

Deep sea fishing has become a rich mans game.

3bailey3 is on to something... Let's call it 'shallow' sea fishing powered by a ham sandwich and gatoraide.

Rec 90 was 5.89 to 6.29 in the keys this week. Never saw the price for diesel. There were boars flying everywhere like the days of Trump. I would hate to foot the bill on some of the boats I saw last week.

Its $6 to 6.50 per gallon at the marinas in OB for non ethanol

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Took dad out for Fathers Day.

Thanks Dad

FJB

They have won that tournament 3 years in a row, so I’m sure that helps justify the cost.

I have to hold my nose to fill my tin bass boat now. Gas prices have put me in my kayak on my local river to get my fishing fix. I couldn’t imagine….

Hell with being on a kayak out in the Ocean. I'd be dizzy, head on a swivel and likely chit my pants. I've seen what's under there I've caught some massive sharks nearshore.. Hail No. And I ain't the timid type.

I'll gladly pay the gas to go that far out.

I don't know the exact odds, but I think I have a much better chance being killed in an auto accident going to/coming from work everyday before I'd be killed by a shark fishing on a kayak off the beach. It's not for everybody, though, no doubt. One of the first times out there, I was accosted by a pod of Dolphin. 3 or 4 big ones and a couple of small ones got close to investigate me and the cigar minnows I was trolling. An 8-9 foot long mature dolphin swimming upside down 3 feet under the kayak waving at me with his front flipper was eerie and very cool all at the same time. You don't really understand how big those things are until you can reach out and touch them with your paddle.

Well, if it makes anyone feel any better I got in the water with a pod a little out from St. Andrew's state park and they would swim right up close enough to reach out and touch them. And I did. It was pretty cool.

I wasn't in the water another time but standing on the county pier at PCB when a 9 or 10 ft Hammerhead slowly swam within 10 yards of some swimmers and then passed underneath the pier. At first I thought it was just seaweed or a small tightly grouped school of fish. As it neared the pier I could see what it was. After it passed by I hollered at the swimmers and then walked down and met them on the beach and told them about it. I don't think I ever convinced them that I was telling the truth about it. It was before everyone had cellphones so I didn't have any pics to help convince them. The water couldn't have been more than about 7 or 8 feet deep where it passed the group because it was closer to shore than the midway point of the pier.

My 28' Dusky with a 5.9 Cummins gets 2.5 miles/gallon. I'm FISHUN!!!!

Yeah this. The marinas we used to launch out of have become rich man places with rack storage, wet slips that are more than a mortgage and condos and attached restaurants and crap. Glad we fished a lot back then cause refuse to spend that much $ now. Do a charter every once in a while. Have a friend who does a boat rental deal which is expensive too.

We fished the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic this wkend on my buddies 76’ Viking with 2800 gallons and another 750 bladdered on deck.

Lost our money fish on Friday. I did get a nice release on Saturday.

It’s definitely a rich man’s game and I’m not that man.