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| How do you keep your hands warm in really cold weather? I tried the neoprene, and got really cold hands anyway. Do you take a heater in the boat?
Edited by newmuskie 10/18/2005 10:00 AM
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Location: Valentine, NE USA | fingerless wool gloves. one of the best things ever invented. well, that and coffee.
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| Seal skins at Cabelas work great! Water proof and warm!!!  |
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| First, always wear a warm hat. An insulated gore-tex cap w/ ear flaps works great for me. Next, load a pair of choppers (big leather mittens w/ wool inside) with a couple of those small, disposable handwarmers. Keep them "handy" and poke your paws in when necessary. Wool gloves are nice, even the ones w/o fingers, but I can't seem to prevent hooks from getting tangled in the material.
You know it's cold for sure when you find your Lindy gloves are frozen stiff. While fishing in these conditions, I store them in a 1 gal. ziplok with a handwarmer. They won't be warm, but they won't be stiff either.
ps - what to do about a net that has frozen stiff? Best I can figure, dunk it in the lake a couple times with one hand while you are holding your fish at boatside (fish still hooked, you hold the rod) with the other hand. Expect the fish to dance a little as you do the dunk dunk.
ppss - If you want soft proof that Al Warner is an alien, just fish with him in cold weather. One time on Cass Lake, with temps in the low-40's, some rain and the wind at 20+mph, he wore unlaced canvas sneakers and no socks. We were out for hours, he was always comfortable. I was layered in wool and gortex and shivers due to the relentless wet wind. |
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| handwarmers in chopper mits are the way to go for just sitting around, trolling\sucker fishing. but if you're casting I usually let the numb bite for about 30minutes and my hands adapt to it. It isn't ice fishing yet so no worries about frost bite right? just gotta keep your hands moving and they will adapt. |
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| What about heaters, what heater do you use if you have one in the boat. I'm looking to fish right up to freeze this year. |
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| The coleman procat is what I use in the boat from now till late November. It really takes the chill off after a while. It has
a big fat base and won't tip over. It lasts 8 hours and is extremely safe. It is also small enough to fit under the console of
my boat while trolling. I wish I had a walkthru windshield and this heater. I would be toasty out there.
You can also get them at Fleet Farm I believe.
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| Sorry I forgot to post the link.
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=coleman+procat&hl=en |
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