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Harry wrote:

I dunno, Chuckster. I usually burn 20-30 gallons in a day of fishing
for
the paltry takings in Chesapeake Bay. For $90, my wife and I can head
out to any of many first-class restaurants and enjoy a first-class
seafood dinner WITH a bottle of wine. I suspect I will cut back on
fishing and spend my Bay boating time cruising and enjoy more time out
on the Shenandoah paddling a canoe.
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You go boating to catch fish? :-)

I'm happy to spend $XXX per day of use for my boat because it is even
more enjoyable than sharing a bottle of wine in a restaurant.


I am like most you and most other boaters and happy to be out on the water,
even when the fish are not biting. Hell, if anyone tried to justify the
cost/pound of the fish they cost, even excluding fuel costs, they would see
that they are paying far more than restaurant prices for that fish.