How much did your year cost?

Gentlemen,
     Just because I have too much time on my mind I decided to tally up an approximation of all of my expenses chasing "steel"  since the start of the season last year.  I was stunned.
     Now I realize that since I live over 500 miles away, and I like to stay in nice hotels my expenses are a "Leeetlle Bit High" but Holy Cow!.
  
   Check this out:   7 trips from home to erie @ 500 miles one way at 20 mpg. Plus about 200 miles running around in erie each trip is about
       1470 dollars for fuel.
 
   21 Nights in better motels @ 150/night.
       3,150 dollars for lodging
 
   21 days food while in Erie  @ 30/day  (cheap)
       630 bucks
 
   The two new rods, 1 pair of waders, 1 vest, two reels, 100 flies, two lines and 4 licenses that I just HAD to have.
 
     close to 1,000 bucks
 
   Being outfished by T.T, Bughawk, Skip and just about everyone else on this board and getting to meet new and old friends.
 
       PRICELESS!
 
    I did catch 1 steelhead, and 1 trophy Brown trout!
 
    How was YOUR year?
 

I'm broke duuds, guess I gotta look for one of them there, job, thing-a-ma-jigs

8 grand for Camper and site. N Y OHIO And PA. license 115 Bait 50 dollars tie my own sacks and cure my own eggs 12 trips 300 miles 15 miles to the gallon 720 food and alcohol 350 . Worth every penny. Cost this year will drop considerably I hope.

I only made it out to Erie once this year, and traveled with three others so it was very inexspensive.
50$ for gas
25$ for room
30$ for food
Tied all my own flies and did not have to purchase new equipement.
 

Jack,

I hope you eat fish.


I came I believe 4 times last season. I think it costs me almost $500 a trip.

15 trips $80 in gas each time +gear and food
$1500-$2000

120 miles one way me and my bud,,
2 day trip...gas $60
room $100,2 nights
food $60 a day
Titty bar ???????????????????
 
x 10 trip's
 
$20 run a round gas!!!!!

And I thought I had it easy. OK, next fall, getting a bike. If gas gets
to 10 bucks a gallon, even my 2 to 12 mile trips up and down East Lake Rd. are going to be expensive.

Probably around $250 for me on 2 trips with 2 others pitching in on gas an the room each trip, wasn't too bad.
 
Ronnie

I never add it up for fear of having a heart attack, or inadvertently leaving the total somewhere where my wife could see it. But, I'd guess between gear (most at cost) and extensive travel, I'm in the $25K range for the year- much of which was not my money, mind you...

well
the price
5 trips to ny at about 200 per trip
4 trips to erie at about the same amount
( i stay cheap either place)
catching a 20+lb spawned out on the SR and so many up at erie that my arms hurt for a week, absolutely PRICELESS!!

I couldn't even guess...I forget how many suicide runs I made up to Oswego/ SR at $75 a pop in gas....flies, new fly rod, new spinnin rod, ect ect....If I had to guess I'd say somewhere around $2-3k but the memories will last forever (unfourtunately the memory of me setting the hook on a 20lb+ chromer and snapping her off in the process will as well)

Next season I either hafta get a lot more friends hooked on steelie fishin or hope gas comes down cuz its a bug that no number of walleyes, pike and musky can seem to fill.

"I came I believe 4 times last season. I think it costs me almost $500 a trip."
 
You need to find a new woman, DuUd.

I don't know Spoonchucker, sounds pretty reasonable to me, considering what a wife costs now a days. Hopefully she didn't tell him to take out the trash.

For me, I equate the money I spend on fishing season to what others might spend as season ticket holders to a major sports franchise (Steelers or Penguins).