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Troll mojos for bottom fish?? Why even bother with a comment like that?
Wasn’t the KLG stocked this week??

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5 buck raise for the new year .
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With insurance ,slip , gas fees going up it should been 20.


Think it's easy running and maintaining a boat ?
Most years your 10 grand in the hole before the first fare steps on.

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For sure.Then you hope nothing breaks.

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I've been eating the over $3 fuel for the past three years, clams are now $50 a bushel (if you can get them), dockage and insurance up over $1,000 a year.

I've NEVER thought about any of this on a daily basis to do what I do and have eaten this increases against my gross income.
My dad told me a couple years ago, this is a business, when you stop making money it's time to get out. Fortunately, I have a good business, I go where I gotta go to get it done but we still have to get paid.. I can't keep taking from my end to justify the means.
If you want to save some money there are plenty of boats offering Groupon, just not me. The fare should actually be $75 for as hard as we work!!! Vikesdad made a great point in, it's a shame we have to do this when the fishing is getting worse. Blame the *******s who put us in this situation!!!


First day back, can't believe I even replied to this!
Capt. Ron

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I enjoyed fishing for fluke last season for senior rate of $45.00 on Monday's but guess that will not happen again...Sandy Hook here I come since the cost is free and that fits into my budget....see ya all later, Rammie

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Honestly I’m surprised a small increase is the only increase. When you consider how many times these boats will be stuck at dock due to weather or lack of anyone showing up at all, they are not earning anything yet the capt and crew will still be on board. They get up early for the use of others, not for their own health. That in itself has value, monetary or assumed value of time away from other chores.

Then you get the days they do sail with a smaller group than what is needed to break even. All this adds up and in the end if they’re lucky the year end is a break even.

They will try the hardest to put you on fish and run around all over to do so. All of us know which boats go out of the way to do just that. This all takes time and money to do so. It’s not leave the dock and go 100’, it’s leave and go miles upon miles to get the bite.

I say thankfully there are those that still do what they are doing to transport, babysit and put up with so many personalities and thoughts that every trip is a grocery trip of full coolers.

I get on a boat and I not only pay for that privilege but I buy coffee, a sandwich. This is their getting up everyday to put up with us and ferry us around to please our freezers.

So if $5 is too much for you and it takes away from a six pack every other day, a lottery ticket you have no problem buying or a scratch off at $10 hoping to hit it big. Your priorities are a bit twisted. I say go buy a boat and see what it costs to catch that bass or fluke. I owned boats and it ain’t cheap by any means with all things added to it prior to even getting it on the water.

My 2 cents and a bit of a rant.

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$70 for a day on the water is an amazing value in my book....

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2 weeks ago I went out on a PB fishing for blackfish. I was one of 8 guys on the boat, on a beautiful spring day. Fishing was slow, but the Captain worked his tail off, attempting to get us on fish.
On the way back in, he saw birds working over schools of stripers. 4 stops later, almost everyone had a striper in the cooler as we docked an hour later than planned.
Obviously he lost money that day. But if there were any casual fishermen on the boat that day, he gained customers for life.

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This thread was not intended to complain about a 5 buck increase in the fare. Everything increases in price. That’s life.
There was a across the board increase simultaneously by every boat. Every pizza shop in town do not all raise the price of a pizza at the same time.
I would think every person runs their business at their own price depending on their costs and profit margin.
The real customer who is happy with service or product would probably pay more. It goes both ways.
Just odd fares are increased by all the same time.