fav.ice fishing clothing

[Doop]

I am tired of being wet at the end of the day after a long hard grueling day of ice fishing.

What do you guys where for bibs/coverals? Where did you buy them?

[CCAdams]

I have a pair of Carhartt type bibs, Walls is the brand. I like them alot, and they don't seem to get too wet.

[GatorBait]

I wear Carhart Extreme Bibs, plenty warm and keep myself dry. I wear these for everything I'm doing in the cold weather, whether I'm hunting, cutting wood, or 4 wheelin. Got mine at Fleet Farm.

[flyfish]

I ware Ice Armor. They are dry, The padding on the knees and the bottom are super. Really dry

[caster]

I like a good quality heavy weight rain suit. I use GameHide's two piece and layer underneath. This way I can adjust how warm I need to be.

[daredevil_tipped_w/leech]

carharts for me too. repels water and heavy enough to stay warm on the coldest of days.

[Jorgie]

Another vote for Carhartt. I've got the Artic extreme bibs and I love them. Keep me warm and dry. They've got reinforced knees too.

[KidWalleye]

Carhartts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[waxworm]

I just wear my regular winter jacket, but for the pants I got a pair of a size-to-big rain pants that I wear over everything else for kneeling down, wiping off slime and what-not.

[TycoCowboy]

Ice Armor x-treme is the Best I've used.

[Paul Waldowski]

Guideware....often imitated, never duplicated

[harvey lee]

I just bought a set of the Ice Armour x-treme. The parka has another zip out jacket. The bibs can also be worn as pants only or bibs. This is a very ,very nice set of fishing clothes. I cannot comment of the warmth of this suit as I have not fished with it yet, but I do believe I will not get cold anymore.

[walterking]

ice armour extremes treated me real good this fall in the boat water proof

[Doop]

I do like the concept and look of the Ice Armour!!! Looks very well designed.

They don't exactly give them away though!

[harvey lee]

They dont give away the Thorne Bros rods either but its well worth the cash.

[walterking]

a very good point harvey there is no substitute for warmth or a good rod!

[gvg_uwec]

I use the black Walls insulated coveralls. Supposed to be comperable to the carhart extreme though Im sure not as good. I did not silicone spray them last year as they were new, but I plan on spraying them this week to re-water repel them. I use a snomobiling jacket that is windproof. Doesnt really get wet at all. Im sure its somewhat water repelant too. Either a stocking hat or a Bomber hat if its butt cold and a pair of mechanics wear type gloves while fishing and some wind proof ones while pulling the shack or driving the wheeler. I guess thats all the Ice clothing that I wear.

Oh yeahh.. Under Armor cold gear top and bottom, long sleeve shirt, fleece pullover, insulated jeans, and poly prop socks..... wow! I didnt realize I wore that much dump when out icefishing, but i never get cold

[walleyedan]

If you want some awesome bibs, jacket and gloves, go to my HSOforum and click on the store button. They are new and on the market and they will float you.

Walleyedan

[rollineyes]

Carhartt Extremes gets my vote for ice fishing and snowmobiling. They might get alittle too warm for working outside unless its really cold out.

Rollineyes

[Guest]

Lots of ice in Texas Doop?

Carhart Arctic... The best and most durable I have found. No problems ice fishing, working in the brush(thorns), or laying under the truck in 5 years on this pair.. no holes yet, not stained up bad, and still toasty warm... not even a broken thread in the insulation liner.

I never had problems with water penetrating them, but I did spray them with Camp Dry sealant to make sure I never have the issue.

[dmengel]

I recieved my IDI suit in good shape & they look & fit great. Hopefully I will never have to test the part about them floating me. Thanks for telling me about this great product.

[metrojoe]

I've got some insulated bibs(Guide Series)that are plenty warm, but they are not water proof. I picked up a pair of the Guide Series rain bibs yesterday. The only draw back I see to wearing the rain bibs is now I'll have to wear another layer underneath.

Ice Armor is offering just bibs this year. The top half zips off so you can use them as pants.

[arcticcat400]

not sure how well it will work yet but i bought one of those new strikemaster suits yesterday at the ice show

[Doop]

That Guy-

I was wondering if anyone would say anything about that! It was in the low 20's this morning but will warm up to the 50's and 60's this week. This is my 4th year of living down here....guys don't EVER take ice fishing/snow/cold for granted! I get to go ice fishing once or twice a year if that. My wife has said she'd like to move back north sometime in the next few years. THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CALVINIST]

Well, for people like me who cannot afford to shell out big dough for good clothes, I hit the thrift store. This is what I am going with this year.

For an underlayer I have 2 layers of polypropelyne (full body) one fits looser than the other so I can fit it over the tight pair.

For the bottom half, if it's really cold, I'll put on a pair if wool pants, followed by a durable, waterproof shell.

For the top half I have a wool button up shirt and a couple of wool sweaters and a parka. Also have a rainjacket if necessary.

This year I bought a new microfleese head covering for the head. I also have a wool hat.

For the hands I have a pair of wool gloves. I need a pair of leather shells though. Also have another pair of gloves as back-up.

For the feet I have a pair of snowmobile boots (studded with stainless steel screws to keep me from slipping) Under that I wear at least two pair of warm socks.

May sound like alot, but I HATE being cold on the ice. Would rather be prepared. All these "layers" I can put on or take off as necessary, depending on weather conditions.

I avoid cotton at all cost. Wool will keep you warm even if it gets wet, cotton will not. As the old saying goes, "cotton kills".

Now let's go catch some fish!!!