This economy has hit everyone,repub/dems/independ/ pretty hard.I agree that this board is for fishing but I don't see how we can sit back and not talk about how the price of fuel is killing our sport.I keep my boat at Fenwick {drydock} but I still have to drive my Ford F-350 up and back from Columbus.It is a 300 mile round trip and I use about 20 gallons of diesel.At $4.20/gallon this means I spend about $85.00 dollars just in the truck.The boat has a 120 Gallon tank and gas is going to be $5.00 by Memorial Day.That means $600 to fill up the boat.I should not have to ask anyone who comes with me to help out but it always seems like I foot most of the bill.I love Lake Erie and thats what keeps me coming back.