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Gas Prices Putting Crunch On Charter Boat Business
The start of this year’s rockfish season may have been windy and somewhat cold, but as the sun has shown and the weather has warmed, teams of fishers have been hitting the waters to lure impressive catches.
Captain Butch Cornelius has nothing but good things to say about the fishing this year. “There are nice big fish, plenty of them,” he says, but when the subject of fuel costs comes up, his voice gets noticeably darker. “Fuel costs are definitely going to hurt the charter business…it makes it harder for people to operate the boats, and we’ve had to raise our rates,” he says
Posted by: Sammy on 05/13 at 05:50 AM
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