Fishing Gloves

[aero993]

I might be doing some surf fishing in some extreme conditions. I was wondering what the hard core surf fishermen use when it's freezing. Cold hands can make a miserable day worse.

[SeaSalt]

i suggest two layer system... get yourself some cheap golf, weight lifting or football gloves. Over those gloves put on some warm winter gloves (recommend the mitten type). When you have to cast, just take them off and cast with the sporting gloves. Afterward put the winter gloves on... your bare skin never sees the outside temps...

[Lipyourown]

Go to the scuba shop and get the divers gloves...water proof but they might make you sweat. You can cast and bait up with them too. That's what I used to do.

Now, i just kinda grin and bear it: Walmart has some mechanic gloves that fit tight but are flexable...not water proof but just as easy as a golf glove but much much tougher and you can cast with them. My hands stay fine holding the heaver.

I used to 2 ply but that got old...when you need to tie a not or get out a tangle you had two sets to get off...just my opinion. Bourban helps.

[CAST DADDY L]

And Get To Costco's And Get Apair Of There Ski Gloves For $17 And They Are Well Worth It.

[KT_UMCP]

One Word.....NEOPRENE.

[BubbaBlue]

Depends on the temp. Above 40deg or so I use dollar store knit gloves... the kind with the rubber bumps, and I cut the index fingers cut off. Below 40deg, I use neoprene fishing gloves I got at BPS. You can configure them to free up your index finger and are toasty warm... but your hands get tired wearing them. They aren't pre-formed at an angle. If I was going to design a pair... those gloves pre-formed wrapped around a surf rod would be perfect.

One problem with the neoprene.... when I'm bait fishing, at least once a trip, I forget that I have bunker slime on them, and then slime up a cigarette or wipe my nose. :--|
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[Digger]

Glacier neo's they are form fitted with the right cut out for the finger and thumbs.

[chesapeakecarper]

Not a surf angler but yup...its neoprene all the way for me.

[aero993]

Maybe it's me, but neoprene just doesn't keep my hands warm. I used a pair last year when I was dog sitting and my hands were frozen after about 40 minutes.
I have a pair a ski mittens that I spent some major bucks on. Last year old man winter chased me from Oregon Inlet. I can't have my buddy out fishing me because of frozen fingers.

[RuddeDogg]

What KT said, NEOPRENE. I use them when the weather is crappy when fishin for stripers.

[LiteTackleChamp]

try the seal skin gloves at BPS, they work pretty well or stop by west marine n get some water skiers gloves they work pretty well
along with my skiers gloves, i have one of them hunters camo muff things n keep a hang warmer in that, so when im not casting a rod or baiting or something i just put my hands in there, beats the pockets, but wipe ur hands off first so it dosent smell like fish when huntin season rolls around

[longcast]

Glacier Gloves, and keep your mitts out of the water. The drier ya keep ya fingers the warmer they will be. Wipe your gloves off with a towel, when the towel gets damp get another one. To keep warm put a heat pack inside your jacket near your chest, you will pump warm blood to the rest of your body.
Tony before ya come down PM me and I go fishin with ya.
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[Lipyourown]

The only problem with the scuba gloves / neoprene gloves is that thye can get too hot and make your hands sweat, once that happens, your hands get cold real quick and stay that way. I know I said I don't like to wear two pairs but if you go neoprene/scuba you may want a tight pair of cotton gloves on under them.

[RJohn]

Try this. Go to Home Despot or Lowes and look for nitrile gloves in the paint section. They are blue and very thin like latex "examination" gloves your doctor takes so much pleasure using :(, but tougher. You have touch and they keep your hands dry (but not too hot so that you don't sweat). You can wear fingerless ragg wool gloves over them and if they get wet they still insulate pretty well and the nitrile gloves keep your hands dry. The plastic gloves actually do an amazing job on theri own.
I don't know if the ferrous sulfate hand/toe warmers get hot engouh to melt the plastic so be careful with that.:eek:
Good luck if you brave the cold, its only going to get colder, at least this week. :) :rolleyes: Things are going to shut down around here soon but the OBX is calling. :D
John

[Tommy Robinson]

Gloves and fishing don't mix too well. I normally take a pair during those dog days of winter but only wear them while I am cutting holes or in between long bites while jigging. I would get a good pair of hunter's mits with gore tex. Normally cost a good penny but well worth the dough. A back up pair of ski-gloves won't hurt either. I try to keep them dry and pop in a few hand warmers in the pouch for those really cold days. Key thing is keeping your hands as dry as you possibly can while catching a few of course :) - Neoprene + sweat and cold = miserable day and try to pull that zipper back up :) .

[sand flea]

Buy some wool gloves without the fingers. Put latex gloves on top of that. You'll keep the dexterity in your fingers and be able to tie knots, but your hands will stay dry.

[jlentz]

I usually cast lures in the winter surf for stripers in VA beach. I use some Shimano gloves I got a few yeas ago at BPS. They have a cut and velcro tab on the thumb and pointer fingers. This allows you to put the tip of you finger though to cast. I usually cast a penn 525 conventional reel and have the thumb out to control the spool. If it is too cold i just put the thumb cover back on and can control the spool pretty well with the neoprene. If it is very cold I will only use the right handed fishing glove and a regular winter glove on my left hand.