Fishing boots

[Otter]

What do you recommend as a good fishing boot? Don't need it for hiking or for cold weather or any other uses. All I care is that it is reasonably light weight, is waterproof and is high enough to keep the deer flies off my ankles. :-)

[Backwater Eddy]

I have had good luck ordering from http://www.SportsmansGuide.com they are reasonable and fast on service.

I have bought boots from them as well as other outdoor items, so far no complaints at all!

Backwater Eddy......><,,>

[Chuck Pederson MN]

I use LL-Bean boots 8in. for spring and fall fishing, they have good grip and no slop. Priced around $90 dollars they last a long time.

[Suzuki]

I would recommend checking out Cabalas gore tex hikers. They are the cheapest I have ever seen but the biggest reason I bought them was their comfort. They cost $59 and I have had them two years. Great purchase! Cabelas now has several models of their own brand of waterproof hiking shoes ranging from $69 to $99.

[REW]

You don't say exactly how you will be using your boots.
I have a pair of knee lenth rubber boots that I use only in the boat, when I am in heavy weather, or all day rain etc. during which I want to keep my feet dry.
I don't walk about much in these boots except to and from the boat.
In general, I keep these in a storage locker in the boat, to be used during these wet periods.

For these reasons, I simply pick up a pair of inexpensive knee length boots at gander mountain or the holiday store for about $10. The last pair lasted 10 years before the seams let go. I expect that this pair will last as long.

If you are going to go hiking or the like, then you need a different kind of boot. Something with a bit more comfort, and the possibility to breath a bit.

Take care

REW

[Otter]

REW - Light weight, ankle high boots used only in the boat for no other purpose than keeping my feet dry and the deer flies off my ankles - Otter

[Redneck]

Don't listen to these guys and there talk about whimpy little gore-tex hikers, use good old fashioned knee-high irrigator boots. And tuck your jeans in um. and wear your flannel shirt too. Ain't no Deer or Horse fly that can bite through rubber or flannel, Hold on a second, I need to stare at the sun. Ahhh that's better. Gore-tex, my grandad would be rollin' in his grave.

[ufda]

Fishing Wholesale at http://www.fishingwholesale.com/closeout.htm
has a leather top rubber bottom boot (like, but probably not the same quality as the boots that made LL Bean famous) for $10 a pair. Hard to beat. I bought two pair and they seem to have decent quality - certainly worth much more than $10. They come over your ankles, but they are lightly insulated.
Hope this helps
ufda

[Chuck Pederson MN]

Hey redneck you sound familiar, like my buddy with his fine poncho going down the lake in the rain with his blue jean farm bibs and flannel shirt soaked to the bone when I'm in my Guidewear Gor-Tex. We fished together for the last 6 years this spring was the end of it. We were not home 1 day and he was on the way to Cabelas. Want to spend $30. and be wet anyway and do it again every year. Or just bite the bullet and make it last over 10 years. I know you would put a band aide on a broken ankel and wait and see. And by the way I'm the guy you caught my drift because you couldn't find your own fish. And I'd upgrade that Bayliner before we have to give you a Viking funeral.

[Suzuki]

Redneck-
Sounds like something I'd wear working at the sod farm.
Grampa probably used steel or bamboo fishing rods too. Do you?

[Sweatpool]

Yea Redneck, knee high rubbers and a nice thick flannel in July. By the end of the day you could use your boots as a livewell. Get a pair of non-insulated gore-tex boots. You can find them from 6 inches high and up. Gore-tex breathes well and with a non-insulate, you won't get too hot because you won't be moving around that much in a boat. Nothing hotter than rubber boots in the sumertime!

[Cangl]

Heavy deep tread is a nightmare carrying in all kinds of sand, gravel and mud. Recently bought a pair myself with deep tread, while trying to step off the low profile pedal control the tread caught the rim and it stuck to the bottom of the boot tripping me almost resulting in a freshwater dip! Which has never happened to me knock on "cyber"stuff. Stiff boots are a nightmare also, A heel is nice with low profile foot pedals, smooth soles also. Waterproof no doubt.