Anyone else feel the same? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

04-26-2012, 04:10 AM

Every time I fill my Jeep up for $90 I can't help but think...

Theres a new reel..... theres a new rod.....

I always look at my expenditures in terms of what piece of fishing gear I could have gotten.

I need to start riding my bike more =/

gupppy · 04-26-2012, 04:51 AM

No, I didn't think of it like that. But thanks for mentioning it, I wil now...

TEAMFISH · 04-26-2012, 05:44 AM

I tend to think it's ok when the wife goes to the grocery store and spends 300.00, or paying 290.00 for cable, internet and phone is o.k. or 400.00 a month on smokes and beer is cool. But when I go spend 100.00 friggin' bucks on fishing gear I have a giant guilt trip.

TATER · 04-26-2012, 06:02 AM

X2 i think we should all boycott the gas companies and just buy fishing stuff instead.... lol

Jimmyz123 · 04-26-2012, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Drake

Every time I fill my Jeep up for $90 I can't help but think...

Theres a new reel..... theres a new rod.....

I always look at my expenditures in terms of what piece of fishing gear I could have gotten.

I need to start riding my bike more =/

Since I bought my truck back in January I had not filled it up fully. A couple weeks ago I let the thing fill up. The gas station I was at automatically stops the pump at $100. My truck wasn't full all the way but I was shocked to finally hit the $100 mark for filling a vehicle, and yes, I did think wow, I could have bought so many fishing things with that same $100.

Baja_Traveler · 04-26-2012, 07:27 AM

$90 - I wish I could spend $90 a week on fuel. My weekly fuel bill typically is $160! If I dont have any shoots to go to on the weekends I get to only put $120 of Diesel in the tank...
The drive to the beach is only 5 minutes, so I guess I have the argument that I actually save money by fishing on the weekends!

bus kid · 04-26-2012, 07:49 AM

I spend $120-150 a week on gas, working 76 hours a week that money puts about 100k a year into my family if I spend 3k a year on myself for fishing, thats ok with me, and it better be ok with them.

brotherp · 04-26-2012, 07:54 AM

One of the tackle shop guys at fred hall used that logic to try and convince me to buy a Tranx. Really thought about it but if spend 500 so will the wife

slobslayer · 04-26-2012, 07:56 AM

I spend 40.00 a week max and I drive quite a bit including a few fishing trips. Gotta love my 4cyl 4runner!

lterrero · 04-26-2012, 08:02 AM

I can buy a PA every time I have to pay the rent

and the most sad part of it, or TAX MONEY, goes to Israel and mid east war

da22y · 04-26-2012, 08:12 AM

My all wheel drive Ridgeline truck only gets used for kayak fishing .
All other times, I drive Toyota Camry to save gas.

Yakin · 04-26-2012, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by lterrero

I can buy a PA every time I have to pay the rent

and the most sad part of it, or TAX MONEY, goes to Israel and mid east war

No the sad part is our tax money goes to digging for oil to make gass for who? CHINA!!!!

lterrero · 04-26-2012, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Yakin

No the sad part is our tax money goes to digging for oil to make gass for who? CHINA!!!!

also!

seriola_killer · 04-26-2012, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by lterrero

I can buy a PA every time I have to pay the rent

and the most sad part of it, or TAX MONEY, goes to Israel and mid east war

Jeezus! We could name hundreds of things that our tax money goes to that never seem to pan out. Dept. of Education, Nat'l. Endowment of the Arts, Needle Exchange Programs, etc...

Gonna get completely roasted on this I am sure, but do you know what those big, greedy, evil, capitalist pig oil companies make per gallon of gas?

5 fuckin cents!

Do you know how much the state and federal gov't gets?

45 cents!

So, who's really the ones screwin' you?

I didn't make this shit up, but facts are facts, and numbers are numbers, and neither one of them lie. These numbers have absolutely nothing to do with politics, they just are what they are.

Alright, I'll get off my soapbox now!

Baja_Traveler · 04-26-2012, 11:40 AM

You hit the nail on the head Seriola - every bit of it true...

Devildawgjj · 04-26-2012, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by seriola_killer

Jeezus! We could name hundreds of things that our tax money goes to that never seem to pan out. Dept. of Education, Nat'l. Endowment of the Arts, Needle Exchange Programs, etc...

Gonna get completely roasted on this I am sure, but do you know what those big, greedy, evil, capitalist pig oil companies make per gallon of gas?

5 fuckin cents!

Do you know how much the state and federal gov't gets?

45 cents!

So, who's really the ones screwin' you?

I didn't make this shit up, but facts are facts, and numbers are numbers, and neither one of them lie. These numbers have absolutely nothing to do with politics, they just are what they are.

Alright, I'll get off my soapbox now!

It's more than that....

http://www.api.org/Oil-and-Natural-G...l-summary.ashx

seriola_killer · 04-26-2012, 12:15 PM

The 45 cents was just a national average that I remembered from a couple of years ago. It's comforting to know that the average has gone up, though.

mtnbykr2 · 04-26-2012, 01:30 PM

kinda makes you want to puke doesn't it...and I disagree, it is all political...the oil companies and wall street speculators own the government, they just don't want you to know about it

seriola_killer · 04-26-2012, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mtnbykr2

kinda makes you want to puke doesn't it...and I disagree, it is all political...the oil companies and wall street speculators own the government, they just don't want you to know about it

For the most part, when government gets involved things get fucked up. Here's the best analogy to government control, er, uh, er, assistance:

"If it moves, tax it"
"If it keeps moving, regulate it"
"When it stops moving, subsidize it"

-- Ronald Reagan (when asked what's wrong with our government, his answer to current government philosophy).

Now we have people trying to stay in power pitting classes against each other unabashedly. I don't begrudge anyone who has become wealthy, or even obscenely wealthy. Good for them. But if I hear that the "rich people" need to pay "their fair share" any more, I'm gonna lose my mind. What the fuck is "their fair share" anyways? It's so vague, much like the platitudes these self-absorbed power-craving assholes always speak in. And it's designed to get us fighting with each other while they run off with all the fuckin' money.

If it weren't for "the rich" none of us would be driving cars, floating in kayaks, using the latest and greatest of jigsticks, or even bitching online about the lack of fishing reports

because none of us would own a computer.

Sorry for jackin' your thread Neil! Let's go kill some shit soon!

mtnbykr2 · 04-26-2012, 02:40 PM

Well put my friend...well put...now let's go get some fish

04-26-2012, 04:10 AM	#1
Drake Guest Posts: n/a	Anyone else feel the same? Every time I fill my Jeep up for $90 I can't help but think... Theres a new reel..... theres a new rod..... I always look at my expenditures in terms of what piece of fishing gear I could have gotten. I need to start riding my bike more =/

04-26-2012, 07:49 AM	#7
bus kid Team Keine Zugehörigkeit Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Way out there Posts: 2,854	I spend $120-150 a week on gas, working 76 hours a week that money puts about 100k a year into my family if I spend 3k a year on myself for fishing, thats ok with me, and it better be ok with them. __________________ Não alimente os trolls------------Don't feed the trolls---------------インタネット荒らしを無視しろ

04-26-2012, 12:15 PM	#17
seriola_killer Sled Peddler Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bonita, Ca. Posts: 236	The 45 cents was just a national average that I remembered from a couple of years ago. It's comforting to know that the average has gone up, though. __________________ Jerry Moore Need a car or truck to yaul your yak? Ring me up. (619)988-3325 Last edited by seriola_killer; 04-26-2012 at 12:17 PM. Reason: Add content

04-26-2012, 01:30 PM	#18
mtnbykr2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: newbury park ca Posts: 2,323	kinda makes you want to puke doesn't it...and I disagree, it is all political...the oil companies and wall street speculators own the government, they just don't want you to know about it __________________

04-26-2012, 02:40 PM	#20
mtnbykr2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: newbury park ca Posts: 2,323	Well put my friend...well put...now let's go get some fish __________________

04-26-2012, 04:51 AM	#2
gupppy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: IE Posts: 171	No, I didn't think of it like that. But thanks for mentioning it, I wil now...

04-26-2012, 05:44 AM	#3
TEAMFISH Team Kayak Obesessions Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Torrance Posts: 256	I tend to think it's ok when the wife goes to the grocery store and spends 300.00, or paying 290.00 for cable, internet and phone is o.k. or 400.00 a month on smokes and beer is cool. But when I go spend 100.00 friggin' bucks on fishing gear I have a giant guilt trip.

04-26-2012, 06:02 AM	#4
TATER GET SOME !!! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: high desert Posts: 34	X2 i think we should all boycott the gas companies and just buy fishing stuff instead.... lol

04-26-2012, 07:27 AM	#6
Baja_Traveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co. Posts: 943	$90 - I wish I could spend $90 a week on fuel. My weekly fuel bill typically is $160! If I dont have any shoots to go to on the weekends I get to only put $120 of Diesel in the tank... The drive to the beach is only 5 minutes, so I guess I have the argument that I actually save money by fishing on the weekends!

04-26-2012, 07:54 AM	#8
brotherp Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 31	One of the tackle shop guys at fred hall used that logic to try and convince me to buy a Tranx. Really thought about it but if spend 500 so will the wife

04-26-2012, 07:56 AM	#9
slobslayer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Santee Posts: 384	I spend 40.00 a week max and I drive quite a bit including a few fishing trips. Gotta love my 4cyl 4runner!

04-26-2012, 08:02 AM	#10
lterrero Leo Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: La Jolla, CA Posts: 482	I can buy a PA every time I have to pay the rent and the most sad part of it, or TAX MONEY, goes to Israel and mid east war

04-26-2012, 08:12 AM	#11
da22y Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 265	My all wheel drive Ridgeline truck only gets used for kayak fishing . All other times, I drive Toyota Camry to save gas.

04-26-2012, 11:40 AM	#15
Baja_Traveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co. Posts: 943	You hit the nail on the head Seriola - every bit of it true...