Wade fishing

[jchief]

Do any of you guys that wade regularly use one of them floating aids/boards when fishing?

Do you have a favorite wader or should I say a different set from your duck hunting ones?

Waded fished a little back when it first started and want to get back into it. Know one issue is knowing where to bail out at. Sunk up to my azz in a couple spots. Any other info you would like to help out with would be appreciated.

[cmdrost]

personally I use different waders for fishing and for hunting. Too prone to tear a hole in em hunting.

I use the walknwade products as my wade belt: www.walknwade.com

As far as where to go, just gotta go explore it my man. Helps you know the lake better.

[LaAngler]

magellan, hodgeman, simms for fishing, breathable waders. i use the 20 dollar stone creek neoprene boots from academy, they work great and are comfy.

[cmdrost]

Only time I would want breathables is in April or May. I use neoprenes. Then if I wade in the summer, its pants and wade boots.

[Raymond]

Had the 5mm and fleece wading pants on yesterday morning, the boys were warm and toasty.

[Gottogo49]

Good advice but keep it coming, do y'all use a net. I had a good one wrap around a boga and break off. **** happens. I lost a nice flounder that I could have caught with a net. How many baits do you typically bring, how often do you change, Do you fish anything besides suspending baits? How deep do you wade, do you bring a stringer for smaller fish/reds/flounder? Do you shuffle your feet? Are you skeered of sting rays? How about bullsharks? I stumbled over an old crab pot and almost filled my waders. How far from the boat do you typically wade? Do you use power pro? I have experienced Mr. Little's heart ache of seeing a corky fly away with my florocarbon leader. Too many cooties in the water, I don't like wet wading. Do y'all hit the surf? I'm committed to learning the trade but I've got a ways to go. It doesn't help that I need to pee every 20 minutes. I want a Hobie kayak with the pedals. Too little time, too little money.

[specktator]

I hit the surf hard in the summer. Needs to warm up before the trout on the beach. Does get little freaky when u in the surf slammin the trout then next thing u know u reelin in a blackfin shark. I don't like stringers. Had some on stringer last year floatin behind my buddy. We pull em in to load up and the biggest trout of day prob bout 5 lbs. Is only half a trout. Now I don't think the sharks are as bad on the lake but I never tried to Wade fish the lake these other guys with more experience with that can help u. In surf I hit em hard on top till bout 9 then switch to a mirrorlure 4" soft shad on 1/4 oz jig.

[cmdrost]

Gottogo----slow down tiger! haha

-no net for me....use boga and hand (always gonna lose a fish or 2 no matter what you do)
-bring many different baits
-use whatever situation dictates....ie...if I see fish busting bait on top, I throw topwater
-always shuffle your feet!!!

[specktator]

Originally Posted by "W"

summertime I wade in shorts and Crocs............

Same here!

[LaAngler]

huge sting rays in there right now, nearly the size of manta rays

they seem more aggressive in cold water, bull sharks too!

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by LaAngler

huge sting rays in there right now, nearly the size of manta rays

they seem more aggressive in cold water, bull sharks too!

you waders are so full of crap...

[LaAngler]

not to mention the deadly bacteria and possibility of hypothermia

all bs aside it's better to shuffle a little so that you dont try to step over debris, it'll hang you up and you'll stumble everytime.

landing big fish = ego wade net or just play them down, leave lot of line out & put rod under arm, grab leader, then gently clamp the boga on bottom jawbone. i try not to even touch the fish, gently leave them in the water, unclip the boga and touch the tail with it and they take off.

[Jordan]

Originally Posted by "W"

Yea Ask him about Sting Rays...........

only place u can ask him at is his grave

[cmdrost]

frigid waters are no joke either.....I don't recommend wading your first time in the winter. I've seen a couple boys fall in....aint perty.

[huntin fool]

my wade belt


I wade in shorts and crocs in summer, up here in lake chuck with the gators...figure i can run faster without waders on,and its cooler.

[simplepeddler]

I am ready to get back into it for sure

[Jordan]

imma get fool to show me the basics of wading...

[specktator]

I never used a boga and want to get one. But everytime I go I can't justify spending that much on one. Which ones do u guys use that are somewhat reasonably priced? I always just use floating basket with small plastic tackel box zipped tied and a small net tied to my basket. I have lost way too many fish especially when there is 5 ppl and no net. I've seen some buddies lose up to 10 fish in one trip. I would never wade without a net! I would vomit if I had a fish over 5 that I lost tryin to hook my boga to it!

[Ray]

Originally Posted by Jordan

imma get fool to show me the basics of wading...

Chest deep water for him is knee deep for you.

[huntin fool]

Originally Posted by Ray

Chest deep water for him is knee deep for you.

yeah jordan's like 6 ft 6.



My waders compared to a avg. sized guy, isn't much of a difference.