I was on the lake Friday and gas at turtle creek gas dock was $4.33 a gal and right now in port Clinton it is $3.86. I hope this helps but I myself don't know either if it will make a difference on how the boat will handle the cheaper gas. But we only run cheap pump gas in my dads boat but it has a new mercury 115 hp outboard and it's a trailer boat, and it runs great on it!! hope this helps you out good luck fishing.