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| Never fished the winter months but would like to give it a try. Anyone have any good gloves to recommend? Is there anything out there in gortex that is good for casting? |
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Location: Chicago | personally i think the best you can do is a straight wool glove. not the thinsulate ones, just straight wool. |
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| I would also recommend the wool gloves, the ones with the cut off finger tips. Keep multiple pairs in the boat and exchange them out when the get wet. Also another good pair is the IceArmor gloves, I use these on my rod hand and the wool ones on the reeling hand they also make a nice set of choppers also, they are supposed to be waterproof I think. |
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Location: In a shack in the woods | I use the ice armor gloves. They are pretty warm for how thin they are. My girlfriend has the mittens and loves them but she won't fall fish. |
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Location: On the River | I fish alot in the Fall, Ice Armour gloves work the best for me. |
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| I use the Cabela's CamoSkinz Gore-Tex shooting gloves for fall fishing and they work great. Probably a little thick for some people with 80 gram thinsulate lining but my hands get cold fast because of some frostbite when I was a kid. These will keep your hands totally dry and comfortable all day long and because they breathe very well, you'll never have the clammy feeling you get in neoprene gloves.
The main drawback to these is that the liner inside the glove isn't attached so when you pull your hand out the fingers sometimes turn inside out and it takes some work to get them back inside correctly. It's also somewhat tough to get wet hands inside the gloves for the same reason but overall these are fantastic gloves that are soft and pliable enough for fishing use and will absolutely keep your hands warm, dry and comfortable all day long.
As they do have a cloth material outer shell that will soak up water (the inside will still stay completely dry because of the Gore-Tex lining) I spray some silicone waterproofing on the outer shell to keep water from soaking in.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=00477... |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Another vote for the ice armor gloves, but I add a pair of latex (or non latex) rubber gloves under. That ensures that your hand stays dry, and also helps keep a nice pocket of warm air around your hand. Pick up a box of latex gloves for putting under your normal glove and you'll be happy you did. |
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| Thanks for the feedback guys. Question on the ice armor gloves. They look a bit bulky, are they suitable for casting all day? |
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Location: Racine, Wi | They aren't as bulky as they appear. You'll still have good dexterity when you break them in. I've been able to cast with them no problem. The only issue is if your hands get wet, the insides get wet, hence the rubber gloves under them to keep everything dry.  I fished in some super cold weather last year (25 degrees with 30 mph winds) and with the ice armors and the rubber gloves, my hands were warm all day with out even using hand warmers. |
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| Tuffy and others are surely corrent about their suggestions. Personally I can't stand gloves while fishing, even out on the open ice. So I keep a small dry towel and big leather mittens (""Choppers" with wool lining") with handwarmers fired up inside so I can dry my hands and then shove them in the gloves to warm up. I also bring high-quality Gor-Tex lined gloves for when I'm moving, drilling new holes, etc.
I've been told I can resist cold better than most folks, but I know that the true Ice-Man on this site is EssoxManiac; if I recall correctly, I once fished with Al on Cass Lake in windy low 40*s and he wore wet tennis shoes with no socks all day. I had wool socks under good boots and my feet got cold. That man is cold-proof. |
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| I have tried a lot of different things over the years, wool gloves do work ok, but soak up a lot of water over time.
I get some small fleece gloves, form fitting to your hands, then put a surgical glove over the top of these, prevents water from getting in, and adds that little extra pocket of air around your hands for warmth.
usually try to get a larger size surgical glove, using ones that are really tight seem to not keep you as warm.
I find that thats only half the battle of keeping your hands warm, usually im not as affected by the cold as most of my friends, so I do my best to keep them warm, but the prob I have late fall fishing, was always keeping your reel ice free.
sucker fishing no problem. but casting when you have ice forming as soon as you reel in, your tip gets jammed with a rod-cicle, and your line is freezing to your spool.
that is my million $ question. how do you fight fate of freeze-ups?
Ive heard there are some tricks out there, but never seems guys are willing to share them. |
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Location: Oswego, IL | Mechanic gloves also work pretty well. |
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