If the REAL costs of any hobby were properly accounted for...nobody could afford them. Let's see.... how much did fishing in that little skiff used to cost me?

Boat..used and cheap at $10,000.00
Trailer $1,200.00 or so $$$
Trailer tires every three years $$$$
Hitch for towing $$$$$
Much bigger vehicle than I otherwise would need..so I could tow the boat $$$$$$$
More gasoline costs .....for the bigger vehicle ....so I could tow the boat...even when I wasn't towing the boat..$$$$$
Storage monthly $75.00
Insurance $250 annually;
Driving to the fishing site...$30.00 or so a trip;
Wear and tear on the bigger vehicle $$$$$
Two trips a week; 70 miles one way an extra 280 miles every week ..that is an extra 15,000 miles annually on the vehicle...Whoops, Now I have to replace it every three years. instead of five or six years $$$$$
Lures $15.00 $$$ every other day oh..maybe just every week . ( I have dozens that were used once or twice )
Rods ( twenty at last count ) $$$$$
Reels (can't count them all ) $$$$$$
Line; weights; hooks; floats; etc. etc. etc. etc
AND... extra trips $$$ to far away places to catch fewer fish than I caught near home..$$$$$;

Ha ha ha Rich