Wetsuit Question.

[kheim]

I have a 3mm wetsuit i got this summer for fishin in jersey, my question is, is there anything i can do to be warmer without buying a new suit? Wearing my simms over top of it helps alot, but my legs get cold. I was thinking that maby wearing spandex or underamor tights underneath would help, but then agian, maby it would hold more cold water in? Anyone have any experiance with this?

[witchhunter]

a thin layer of underarmor or wet suit liner will help you stay warmer , but even that will not help as water starts dipping lower in temp .

i use to use a 3 ml suit up until dec 15th at montauk when i was mucjh younger and stupid ( remember a guy asking if i was ok, as i lay on the rocky beach cupping the family jewels that felt like a horse kicked em they were so cold )

i'am now donning a 7mm neoprene dry suit (toasty)


keep em warm you'll be lost without" em !!!!!!!!!!!!!!


"witchhunter' aka /bill jakob

[kheim]

I am headin out to montauk on friday for the weekend, and wondering if my wetsuit would be enough to keep me warm. Im skinny so i get cold pretty easy, but it really hasnt been too cold out so i think i should be fine this weekend with a 3mm some underarmour and a simms on. Cant wait to get out fishin, im in college and only get to fish once every few weeks.

[rirockhound]

Well I was wetsuiting in Rhody this week and the water is in the mid-50's...
water was fine for 3mm BUT the air was cold when the wind blows and thats when I get the shivers...
I recommend a 1mm liner under and I throw my dry top over my suit to keep my torso warm...
last night was toasty though... w/o the liner and drytop.. all about the air temp for me...

[Pete_G]

After hearing Craig bragging about being able to get out of his 7mm drysuit "and still feel like a man" on cold nights I'm thinking about a drysuit too.

[Striperhound]

with the drysuit, the only exposure is hands-feet and head correct? What is the minimum MM for a dry suit. Summer would have to be tough with a drysuit?

[witchhunter]

the wet suit i use has hard rubber boots and i use neoprene gloves as well as a neoprene hood toasty i was this weekend a mtk , craig purchased the same suit as i did after freezing in his wet suit next to me the last 6 years , except he did'nt use the gloves or hood could here him all the way down the beach on my toasty rock with his knuckles creeking on every turn of that vs 275

kheim how did you freeze at mtk this weekend 30 degrees and 25 knots of north wind had that blue feeling thinking about you freezing some place not!!!!!!!!!!!


"witchhunter "aka/bill jakob

[kheim]

opted to skip the wetsuit and wear my waders most of the weekend. It was so freakin cold out there, i wouldent have survived our all night treck along the south side on friday. My friend matt wore his 5 mm and said he was warm. I did wear my wetsuit on sat night when we fished shinecock inlet. INlets with ripping waters scare me when i have waders on, so i busted out the wetsuit. My legs were a lil chilly, but other than that i was fine. I wore my 3mm wetsuit, and i wore a 1.5 mm wetsuit top that my dad uses for surfing, then a simms. My chest was toasty. Now, if only the fish would have cooperated........
I did get some really nice photos, when the fish arent biting, i take out my camera.

witchhunter, did u manage any decent fish this weekend?

[witchhunter]

best was only a 15-17 lbr in the dark sunrise under the light brought a hugh flock of birds over a big school of bass at times so think you had to stop casting (as your buck tail was bounced off one fishes back to the next, want till they passed a instant hook up !! only problem they were cut from the same mold 8-10 lbrs still on white bait this late in the season go figure??????


"witchhunter" aka/ bill jakob


arden - espo was in on that blitz ,said you were slaying roady large ??