Beating the cold

[Gazza]

Apart from gearing up to look like the michlen man for a over nite fish in winter

try get a wet suit add a pair of hard sole booties

lauching your boat will be no probs rain wind

hoods are great too

I must admitt they are pain to get on and off :pinch:

but there is a plus if you go overboard you float like a cork and stay warm

Gaz

[STU]

hopefully you dont have to worry about falling overboard unless someone pushes you over. It was pretty cold this morning around north pine in only shorts and a jacket fingers were freezin

[jeff f]

i'm sure i hit an iceberg at kooka lastnight

[Brian D]

I use the booties you mention for launching but then I change to ug boots once I get my feet dry.

I also use 2 pairs of trackie dackies because they are easy when needing a pee! Then I add a bonds singlet, fleecy shirt, fleecy jumper, all weather (-5) snow jacket with hood and a beany and gloves.

It' sa bit hard to move but I am as warm as fresh toast.

[Terry H]

Brian the Michelin man.

All I can say is, bring back 30+ degree temperatures. These 20's (and below!) are too cold for my liking.

[Tim a]

On friday night I had bonds shirt, columbia shirt, jumper one, jumper 2 (with hood) and a wind/rain jacket, thermal jocks and socks, long pants and vans. I wasn't toooo cold in the end;)

[kiara_poltegerist]

wahaha... tell me and viper abt how coooold it can be man... ehhe.. we castnet with our shirts off... at 4.30am!!!!!!!!... with the wind blowing madly too... sheet.. cant feel our fingers for an our or so after that!!!!

just got in from droppping the traps downriver....sooo cold....

[kiara_poltegerist]

i find a beanie makes alot of difference tho!

[viperon1982]

kiara_poltegerist wrote:

i find a beanie makes alot of difference tho!

Hey bro! I'm at uni TRYING to study man. Couldn't help but check out AFO.

Hell yeah, it's cold as hell in the early morn. You guys should try castnetting topless. Pretty exciting stuff I must say. But that was land-based. I'm pretty sure that it'd be almost impossible to stay topless for more than 5secs out in the ocean!

I've read that exposing yourself to the cold regularly helps improve blood circulation and endurance. Provided you do not die from hypothermia or freeze to death first!

[Feral]

Well Viperon, when you take the girlfriend along I might be interested!

But seriously why not just wear a rain coat when cast netting?

[viperon1982]

Feral wrote:

Well Viperon, when you take the girlfriend along I might be interested!

But seriously why not just wear a rain coat when cast netting?

No problemo Feral. Now all i need to do is find a new girl... hmm..

Well why not rain coat? Erm.. prob coz I dun have it, dun intend to buy it, and even if i do, i prob won't wear it! Unless it's a damn cool funky looking one that's NOT like your regular boring yellow coats!

[Brian D]

Get a heavy duty garbage bag - cut hole in bottom seam and 2 holes on the side for your arms. Then just chuck it away when you finished.

[ellicat]

But what do you do with the holes when you're finished ?

A bit abstract I know, but I just followed the link in the \"big bag of crabs\" thread and I think it's done something to my mind - weird.:silly: :S

Post edited by: ellicat, at: 2007/06/13 00:50

[James W]

cold?...you try snagging ya dads cast net and then stripping off to ya jocks and going in after it...in july!...then having to hang aroound while he keeps casting for a couple of hours....i dont go prawning with the old man no more:angry:

[Dazzamcgee]

What do ya mean this is cold ya bunch of pansies??

This is great weather for the New South Welshmen reminds me of summer down south!!

When the temp drops below -1 degrees in winter then thats cold!!

[Oceandonkey]

viperon1982 wrote:

kiara_poltegerist wrote:

i find a beanie makes alot of difference tho!

I've read that exposing yourself to the cold regularly helps improve blood circulation and endurance. Provided you do not die from hypothermia or freeze to death first!

banging your head against a wall makes your skull tougher......same principal lol

both will make u stronger but do you really want to go through all the suffering ???

[bootyinblue]

Guys,

Want to be let in on a massive secret about keeping warm when its cold outside (and believe me, I have done traffic control in -6 degrees C.)

Its self heating coffees!! Avaliable from good Coles and some Woolies (the new Coles at Riverlink has them) They are like a double ended can. Shake them up, pull the bottom off, push the plastic dome to release water to mix with some chemical, shake it up, wait 8 minutes, pull the ring pull at the top and drink away. Not a huge fan of the the double expresso, but the mocha rocks!

They are now permanently in my kit bag and boat!

[ellicat]

They sound good Booty.

Don't think I would be jumping around for a while after drinking one though - might burn a hole in your a$#%^ :woohoo: :laugh: :laugh:

I'll definitely be sussing them out though.