On the basis of 404 trips, the cost per trip was- 26 cents: 



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The cost of meals per hour of fishing was 8 cents: 



Total costs. An approximation of the total costs of bass fishing at Ridge Lake in 



1949 was as follows: 



Cost of license per hour of fishing $0.02 



Cost of equipment per hour of fishing 0.47 



Cost of travel per hour of fishing 0.65 



Cost of meals per hour of fishing 0.08 



Total cost per hour of fishing $ 1.22 



Meals 

 Equipment \ . .» Travel 



IT 



License 



The calculated cost of catching a pound of largemouth bass at Ridge Lake in 

 1949 amounted to $8.66: 53.2 per cent for travel, 38.6 per cent for equipment, 6.6 per 

 cent for meals, 1.6 per cent for license. 



This average cost per hour of fishing multiplied by the average time required to catch a pound 



of bass in Ridge Lake in 1949 (7.1 hours) gave $8.66 as the average cost of catching a pound 



of bass: 



1.22 X 7.1 = 8.66 



The addition of a boat rental charge of $1.00 per day would raise the cost of catch- 

 ing a pound of bass to $9 .70 {3.4-hour day; two men per boat): 



t4^ = 1-04 

 3.4 X 2 



$8.66 + $1.04 = $9.70 



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