I HEAR ya...........
All of my trips are over planned now, and I try to get at least 1 other partner to fish with......sometimes 2. And all the guys know it costs money to run a boat/fish/etc, etc. We generally split 3 ways.....all expenses, and go from there.
A 4 day trip to KY Lake This past week, including all my meals, hotel, trip fuel, and boat fuel, I spent about 200 bucks total.......NOT BAD.
Later,
Geo