Cold weather/waterproof gloves - recommendations

[WaskaCrank12]

Hello - wishing everyone good health and positive days ahead !

 

Looking towards the "spring" here in MN - I am curious to ask what gloves people may be using in cold/wet weather ?

 

I have some Celsius Neoprene gloves - they are not very flexible - so I am looking to see if people have recommendations for a cold weather/waterproof glove that might make fishing in the "spring" and "fall" a little more comfortable.

 

Thank you in advance for your recommendations (I live in Minnesota - land of the wind that chills you to the bone)

[NETim]

I never did find gloves that worked for me on my Fall Muskie trips to LOTW.   I cheated by putting a small propane heater in the boat so we could warm up our hands periodically.  
 

Bulky gloves just don’t work when casting.  Thin gloves get wet and useless.  

[softwateronly]

If the answer isn't 2-3 different pairs of gloves, I'm all ears. 

 

These cam from @T-Billy 

https://www.amazon.com/MCR-Safety-N9690FCL-Insulated-15-Gauge/dp/B004QXSS2E?pd_rd_w=Ybaq4&content-id=amzn1.sym.59910fa8-b73c-408a-aa5f-d0b4e0aa42cb&pf_rd_p=59910fa8-b73c-408a-aa5f-d0b4e0aa42cb&pf_rd_r=83JCVDN8C0ZSQQG9NFHM&pd_rd_wg=Euy26&pd_rd_r=e41e959f-5d93-4be9-8c17-fd81be9cc464&pd_rd_i=B004QXSS2E&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_d_grid_rp_0_1_ec_pd_yo_rr_rp_d_sccl_1_1_t

 

 

 

They do great for water and cut resistance and are relatively warm.  I also use cheap neoprene fingerless gloves for my thumbing hand and keep a pair of bulky insulated warm gloves to catch up when needed.  Paired with some hand warmers, rotating as needed, and I can make it through most cold weather.

 

scott

 

 

[GetFishorDieTryin]

For me, it depends how cold it is and what I'm doing.  If I can get away with it, which 9 of 10 times I can, I wear insulated fingerless gloves.  When I fish casting gear, I really want at least my thumbs and index fingers.  If I can get away with it, I wear PVC or polyester glove with a neoprene palm.  They're thin, comfortable and easy to clean. If they aren't warm enough, I go with wool fingerless gloves.  You need to be careful not to get them too wet.  Wool will still insulate when it's wet, buts not as warm or comfortable.  

Synthetic half finger

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Simms_Windstopper_Half_Finger_Glove/descpage-SWHG.html

Wool half finger

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Fish_Monkey_Wooly_Half_Fingered_Gloves/descpage-FMWHFG.html

When it's really cold, 20s or lower, I'll wear glomits.  They're a pain, because you have to take them off to get into a pocket, but they keep your hands very warm.  

Glomits

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Simms_Windstopper_Foldover_Mitt/descpage-WSF.html

If you absolutely need 100% waterproof gloves, neoprenes are probably the way to go.  They aren't as warm as wool, but keep your entire hands dry, so long as you don't have holes in them.  I don't mind neoprenes for duck hunting, but they make it really tough to feel line or cast.  I use them when it's frigid, surf fishing in late fall, but that's about it.

Neoprenes

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Fish_Monkey_The_Blocker_Neoprene_Fishing_Glove/descpage-FMTB.html

Wether you're in a boat or on the bank, you should carry a few different pairs with you.  If one pair gets wet, or isn't warm enough you can swap them out.  

[A-Jay]

I'll wear gloves for a long cold morning or late afternoon run up/down Lake Menderchuck.

However I HATE wearing anything besides 'sun gloves' (which I will wear just to take the chill off.)

But any & all types of 'winter' gloves I've tried (and I've tried them all)

are just to bulky and seriously detract from my ability to fish effectively.

At this point (and after a couple of decades on the north Atlantic in the winter)

I can tolerate the cold OK.

Times when I can't, my guides & reel are usually freezing up.

At that point I call it a day.

🥶

A-Jay

 

[Junk Fisherman]

For actually fishing, I wear latex gloves and put a hand warmer in the palm.  I've used both the disposable gloves or ones a little heavier duty.  I can still cast and pitch lures wearing these gloves.  I don't ever fish if the air temp is much less than 35 degrees and the latex/hand warmer does the trick down to that temp.  I do have ski gloves that I will wear when running the boat but they come off when I start to fish.  

[Jig Man]

I don’t have water proof but I have a system that works for me.  I but those beaded jersey gloves because the regular ones are slippery while I can have good grip with the beaded.  I take 2 or 3 pairs with me.  When one gets damp I use another one.  My coat has inside chest pockets so it goes in there and my body heat can dry it.  I could probably get the same thing with putting them in with hot pockets to dry them.  At any rate I haven’t needed more than 3 pairs for a day.  
 

I get them at Wally World for a couple of bucks each.  You can get them in lots of places.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/162589016028?chn=ps&var=461592482505&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-166974-028196-7&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=461592482505_162589016028&targetid=2275367127251&device=t&mktype=pla&googleloc=1020569&poi=&campaignid=21065563879&mkgroupid=160223808192&rlsatarget=pla-2275367127251&abcId=9387185&merchantid=118864248&geoid=1020569&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh9DWAoZjwWc1DglxD7ed4t4I&gclid=CjwKCAiAg8S7BhATEiwAO2-R6gvkcCdAl-oCzJvC0-wII-63ASvvgaT01Ewq4ZTMTmVuTlvg41jrwxoCA_wQAvD_BwE

[gim]

I do occasionally wear gloves when going from point A to point B in the early spring or late fall (no winter fishing here).  I do not wear any when I fish.  I prefer to operate and feel the rod/reel with my bare hands and gloves inhibit that.

 

I'm very tolerant of the cold though, and I realize many aren't.

[Ryan N]

I tried many but they fail to do their job, these however are very toasty:

You don't wear them while fishing because the padding and material makes it hard to make out bites and vibrations through the rod. 

[Smokinal]

I use these and slip in a handwarmer packet. Works pretty well.

The gloves are 100% waterproof...not water resistant. 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Kinco-Hydroflector-Lined-Waterproof-Gloves/dp/B07LB74K96/ref=sr_1_7?crid=11T5AMNWJ2NFQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8sJPBdlD0pAUa_3VpRvceC5N1GIOK_thbn8ezUxBKDYoyJL-lhhVcnHxm5pJE_UNSUhzzjYrgd7Dq_RK7pVn6B-E4_HnLkVOu0eCBL0dcbZL-NSzPI0uNaL1U4coPryQTYrKkjjG7bTdLSNB4AESj2TB9oYPkt0ipDRJ6WaJ7bgnCAyqeLNrnrE-3cgx5kxZEmrakEDeDshBzdZBxF1LhX8xV87PBwSWvvWYBCIVmjGreZa8zK3kRazrEvYtvPhsWe29PjqTUG9iSv_fTsovOHuLo7UOPc8wfs8ko-TTXnhWyV7x_eLUq7EIbn0mF-lM1L46vQlvbUV5d2F-LZKfrtgDZEGyQEC6R-oTVLPCZ4mjkSAdlqMNcfWTmOmzaaXlYP3TIjkDzzXyGIqSd_uVhAl9UHhC2nlAVS9MUFkzhCDmDi_j4WrzEtGRe0dZpvwz.9N6yk26iSvJiWIsgcTqri-FnBblx4qCc5rjec3sJyhw&dib_tag=se&keywords=hydroflector%2Bgloves&qid=1735503335&sprefix=hydroflector%2Caps%2C117&sr=8-7&th=1

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0007ZF4OA/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_plhdr=t&aaxitk=a26ca84eaa222d0b64beae979c37f2f5&hsa_cr_id=0&qid=1735503401&sr=1-1-9e67e56a-6f64-441f-a281-df67fc737124&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_lsi4d_asin_0_img&pd_rd_w=S70Rd&content-id=amzn1.sym.8591358d-1345-4efd-9d50-5bd4e69cd942%3Aamzn1.sym.8591358d-1345-4efd-9d50-5bd4e69cd942&pf_rd_p=8591358d-1345-4efd-9d50-5bd4e69cd942&pf_rd_r=30H24RB1MWQF38AZ8WVM&pd_rd_wg=DbNMh&pd_rd_r=0757d90f-7ba1-4fa3-ad98-365b04d32193&th=1

[FryDog62]

I fished in extreme cold weather in Minnesota for years.  Only one thing ever worked for me - Fish Monkey Dry-Tec Thinsulate gloves. 
 

Thin and good dexterity - you can cast, thumb the spool, reel, lip fish, thread plastics on a hook, get’em wet, etc. … and basically do anything with them on with the exception of tying line. I just take them off momentarily for that and fish the rest of the day with them on. Warm down to 40 degrees or so. Game changers - -

 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Fish_Monkey_Stealth_Dry-Tec_Light_Weight_Glove/descpage-FMSD.html

[gim]

29 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

I fished in extreme cold weather in Minnesota for years.

 

29 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

Warm down to 40 degrees or so.

 

40 degrees is extreme cold??  Maybe in Florida.  Definitely not Minnesota.

[MN Fisher]

2 hours ago, gim said:

40 degrees is extreme cold??  Maybe in Florida.  Definitely not Minnesota.

Ya....40 is almost swimming weather.

[FryDog62]

3 hours ago, gim said:

 

 

40 degrees is extreme cold??  Maybe in Florida.  Definitely not Minnesota.

By the time we got to late Oct/early Nov in Minnesota was end of season… water temps mid 40’s (air temp too) was time to cash it in. Water became hard shortly after that… So no I wasn't casting lures into an ice hole in sub-freezing weather!

[Koz]

I bought pair of KastKing Ice River Neoprene gloves. I’ve used them a few times and they do keep my hands warm and dry.

 

But there are some trade offs, especially with spinning gear. It took some practice to get used to casting with them on and I have to grip the rod differently with my right hand.

 

FWIW, KastKing makes great clothing for fishing. I have 3 or 4 of their moisture wicking hoodies and they are great.

[Kev-mo]

I use nitrile gloves down to the low 40's. I think they are 4 mil. Mid to high 30's I need a polypropylene liner underneath. Some solid suggestions above tho, will have to look take a closer look.

[FryDog62]

20 hours ago, gim said:

 

 

40 degrees is extreme cold??  Maybe in Florida.  Definitely not Minnesota.

Gets cold here in the winter in South Carolina too. 48 degree water at the launch, but 43 down by the dam today. But the Dry-Tec gloves make it quite comfortable !

[gim]

[WaskaCrank12]

Thank you for the replies and the humor

I am going to give @Smokinal suggested gloves a try (Kinco-Hydroflecktor Lined/Waterproof) - at under $20 it seems worth giving them a chance - and @Smokinal is from Maine - which has Minnesota like weather (not as cold, although interior northern ME might rival MN, yet ME has more moisture in the air with it's  proximity to the ocean and that can make it bone chillingly cold)

I have choppers and ski gloves which are warm and can be used for driving the boat around, but you really cannot hold a rod/reel with them - so I was looking for something with more dexterity yet reasonably waterproof - if the Kinco's don't work I may try the Fish Monkey gloves or some of the other suggested gloves - Thank you !