Best cool, rainy weather boat fishing glove

[fsh4eye]

I just wondering what you all wear for gloves when the weather is cold 40F and raining all day? I am looking for a good pair of gloves for this situation. Something that will keep your hands dry and warm. Last year I did a late October fishing trip slabbing for walleye. The fishing was awsome but the weather was bad. The average temp was 40F and we had 2 days where it rained for most of the day. Our hands did not stay warm. I had a pair of the Cabelas Gortex Gloves and Ice Armor gloves. The Ice Armor golves were not good. They are way overrated. My hands got real wet and cold with bolth. I am not sure if they make a glove for this so it may be that the only option is wet cold hands.

[Opti-Mist]

I don't know if they are still available but I have a pair of Mont Bell gloves that I actually have worn while pulling the docks in the fall, working wrist deep in water. They kept my hands dry. They are a gauntlet style: Nylon shell, gortex insert, polyester liner (removable). I probably got them from Cabela's more years ago than I recall. Good luck in your quest.

[Backwater Eddy]

If you need good manual dexterity, as for working knots or other such tasks as that, a thin...and I mean thin neoprene tactical shooting glove is good. They offers a decent level of waterproofing and helps to beat the wind that really takes it's toll on wet hands. You can also have a over-sized pair of gloves that fit over them if extended periods of not needing dexterity allows for more insulation.

Another trick our beloved Juls here on WC.com clues me in on is using Therma-Care wraps. Juls may wish to comment on her experiences with this system too if she is available.

The Therma-Care wraps than can be loosely placed around your wrists and the ends adhered to each other do a lot to heat your hands as it heats the blood going in the wrist up to the hands. In unison with the tactical neoprene shooting gloves they really do the trick. I use this even on the ice in -0 nasty weather...works like a charm.

I like the wrist wraps more than the hand wraps if I am in very wet condition, as I am prone to get the hand wraps wet handling fish or bait. The wrist wraps stay nicely tucked in the cuff of my jacket and dry.

http://thermacare.com/home.aspx?WT.srch=1

I hope this helps.

[REW]

Fish 4

Try this:

1- pair of common brown cotten work gloves - cost 99 cents.
1- pair extra large surgical latex gloves - sized to fit over the top of the work gloves. Cost 33 cents.

Keep the box of latex gloves in the boat.
As needed, replace either the latex or the brown gloves if either the latex gloves rip or the brown golves get wet.

I go to northern tool and buy the brown work gloves in bulk. I use them when working in the garage to keep the hands clean. If they get too dirty, I simply throw them away and bring out another pair. I think I pay $8 per dozen pair.

I buy the latex gloves by the 100 count. I think I pay $14 for a box of 100.
When the weather is warm I use them in the garage to keep the hands clean and use them by themselves in the summer when fishing to better hold the fish and keep the slime off the fish and to also keep the released fish more healthy.

Give this solution a try. Very inexpensive and effective.

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Also - on a different note:
A couple of years ago, when I cut myself very badly on the gill plates of a very large northern that I was unhooking, the latex gloves kept all of the blood from my bleeding hands contained, until the hands had time to stop bleeding. Then, a new pair of gloves and I was back to fishing with no blood in the boat. (Consider the latex gloves a super sized band aid).

Good luck
REW

[Jim Ordway]

I wear my Sealskins when dexterity is important and keep the heavier thinsulate/goretex handy to warm up if needed.
Take care,

[Spawnwalker]

I don't wear gloves. Too much of a pain. I try to keep them as dry as possible with towels and use the charcoal hand warmers if needed (the type that you shake). Seems to work for me, I never had a pair of gloves on my hands all through ice fishing last year. And no I don't fish in a shanty.:) When the weather is extreme leather mittens with wool inserts get the nod.

[toolboy]

I bought a pair Glacier Glove Kenai Neoprene palm gloves for fishing and they are great. Each finger and thumb flip back so you can feel the bite. If your fingers get cold, you can flip the mit over the top and warm up fast. I have never gotten wet hands yet.

[peter8]

Toolboy, where did you buy the Kenai gloves. They sound like what I'm looking for. Thanks

[Backwater Eddy]

I have a set of them...works well...but a bit thick and clumsy at times...but they work well to beat windchill. Not a bad choice.

[Captain Bob]

I just wondering what you all wear for gloves when the weather is cold 40F and raining all day? I am looking for a good pair of gloves for this situation. Something that will keep your hands dry and warm. Last year I did a late October fishing trip slabbing for walleye. The fishing was awsome but the weather was bad. The average temp was 40F and we had 2 days where it rained for most of the day. Our hands did not stay warm. I had a pair of the Cabelas Gortex Gloves and Ice Armor gloves. The Ice Armor golves were not good. They are way overrated. My hands got real wet and cold with bolth. I am not sure if they make a glove for this so it may be that the only option is wet cold hands.

Use a handwarmer fanny pack. Keeps hands warm, dry and at the ready. They have thinsulate insulation and only cost $15-- to 50 bucks. Also they are versatile can be use hunting deer, duck or gosse hunting etc.

[toolboy]

Google Kenai gloves and go from there. I bought them some years ago from some place but can't remember where.

[Ebby]

Here's a link.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_84938?cm_mmc=froogle-_-175-8-3-_--1-_-38-431-071-01&hvarAID=froogle&mr:trackingCode=895D7BA8-E881-DE11-B712-001422107090&mr:referralID=NA