Fair price to go offshore?

**MarkDiaz** · #1 10-15-2011, 02:54 PM

What’s the NORM for having friends to go offshore with you? I have most all the gear, take the boat home and clean it myself and make the monthly note on it. I have several friends/co-workers/family and friends of friends that want the deep blue experience. Some have gear, most of my peeps don’t. Thanks for your opinions. Mark D

**AC123** · #2 10-15-2011, 05:08 PM

Split the gas, ice and fish evenly. Pitch in for lost tackle. Everyone brings drinks and food. Thats fair enough.

**airbornxpress** · #3 10-15-2011, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by AC123

Split the gas, ice and fish evenly. Pitch in for lost tackle. Everyone brings drinks and food. Thats fair enough.

Depends on how far ya go, normal trips around $150-175 a head. When we get back everybody works, some cleaning boat

(not me)some cleaning fish

**HydraSports** · #4 10-15-2011, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by AC123

Split the gas, ice and fish evenly. Pitch in for lost tackle. Everyone brings drinks and food. Thats fair enough.

This is about as fair as it gets. Split gas for the truck also. Maybe captain eats and drinks free.

**dejavu000** · #5 10-16-2011, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by HydraSports

This is about as fair as it gets. Split gas for the truck also. Maybe captain eats and drinks free.

Captain/Owner shouldn't have to split fuel or bait either IMO.

**kevindog312** · #6 10-16-2011, 10:05 AM

Depends on the boat and how far you go.

We throw in Ice, bait, fuel, fish cleaning, and boat wash (i'm at a marina) and divide it by the number of people on the boat. If your folks don't have their own gear I would throw in lost tackle/gear. However if the crew decides they want to cover the entire cost and keep me (the boat owner) out of it I don't argue. I fish a 26 footer with twin engines in the 50 to 80 mile range and the cost is usually $125 to $185 per person. I don't throw in a "surcharge" for the cost of boat ownership ((e.g. storage, insurance, maintenance etc. etc.) or the cost of fuel for my truck. IMO if you are expecting your crew to pay for all that stuff then you couldn't afford buying a boat and probably should never have bought it in the first place. Plus, I never ASK the crew to pay for anything. All the folks I fish with seem to understand the cost of fishing offshore. With that said, if someone doesn't offer to pitch in or offers far less than everyone else it is not likely they will be asked to return.

**centex99** · #7 10-16-2011, 12:58 PM

I always chip in my equal share of expenses(bait/etc/etc)/$ for lost gear plus my share and partial share of owners on gas for boat... ie 4 people including owner, I'd pay for my 1/4 of gas plus 1/3 of the owners 1/4 of gas... Sometimes I chip in a bit more depending on everything...
I'm also up for an equal amount of work cleaning fish/boat/etc...

**fish_eater** · #8 10-16-2011, 01:07 PM

divide evenly. not suppose to make profit.

**MarkDiaz** · #9 10-16-2011, 07:25 PM

I think that KevenDog123 told me what I wanted to hear. I am the type that likes to have everything loaded the night before (fuel,gear, ice, etc). So I accumulate all those expenses prior to hitting the water, and most meet me at the dock. We load their gear and off we go. We get back and some throw me a bone, some ask how much, some hit me hard with cash and tell me the best time ever to let me know when I'm going again to call them. I have regulars, singles never to return(seasick like a

), and a few freebirds. Kevins way of those that understand anti-up will get the call back and the freebirds numbers get misplaced. I'm not trying to make a profit, just trying to be fair. Thanks for all your responses.

Tight lines

**cobia 254 cc** · #10 10-17-2011, 06:45 AM

centex99 does more than his share.