Usually shoes, socks, trackie dacks, hat, sunnies and long sleeves. Paranoid about hooks meeting flesh, and sun on skin. I work on living, most of the time!
Cheers,
Tim
Yes. I wear shoes and socks.
Yes. I wear water friendly footwear such as Crocs with socks
No - but I do wear water friendly footwear such as Crocs or reef shoes
No. I wear no footwear.
I wear shoes (eg runners or sand shoes) but no socks.
I am usually legless when I go fishing so it does not apply to me.
Usually shoes, socks, trackie dacks, hat, sunnies and long sleeves. Paranoid about hooks meeting flesh, and sun on skin. I work on living, most of the time!
Cheers,
Tim
Carbon Really Ain't Pollution.
Usually barefoot but thongs when the decks hot and Uggies in Winter
Damo
I am in the suit and tie brigade throght the week, so its shorts, tee and no shoes for me. IF I do wear shoes (sailing or wading) i wear dunlop volleys with no socks. They come off as soon as I am out of the water. Sometime I will wear the double pulggers around the yacht club, but its rare.
Been doing lots of work for VMR Bris for year now, but am about to move into a crew position. ITs going to kill me walking around the club in shoes, been there for 20odd years now no shoes...
For me it depends on what boat I'm fishing in. On my previous 2 boats - bare feet. Tim's boat - shoes and sox after the boat is in the water. It does help when there's access to a pontoon.
Nix.....nada.......nuthin.........
& occasionally.......... not even a smile.
Hello Sailor !!
Don.
"Magpie Navy." VHF 73.
It was a Woman who drove me to Drink......
....and I never gave her money for the Petrol......
Blundstones and Holeproof Explorers in the boat. Waders during beach fishing, occasionally gum boots. Too cold in winter to go barefoot on the beach and got my feet badly sunburnt last summer the first time I went barefoot (wish they'd hurry up and invent sunscreen) -- and all the hooks that people discard, not to mention the broken glass that the piss-heads leave on the beach makes it a thrillseeker's sport.
I wear thongs in the boat or bare feet and thongs on the sand but bare feet in the mud
Geoff
Always wear at least plastic sandals since dropping a 90cm Barra on my foot at Awonga. Blood everywhere and none of it's the fish. Also always wear shoes whenever fishing the hot water outlet of the Bundy Rum factory in the Burnett River in the tinny I used to own.
Jeff.
Quality is still delivering long after you have forgotten the price.
I can safely say that it's a bad thing to fall in the drink while wearing hiking/work boots. I once fell into a creek while wearing boots, and when I tried to swim to shore I got the shock of my life to find I couldn't swim! It was summer so I wasn't wearing heavy clothing, it was just the boots that crippled me. I got swept into the shallows, fortunately.
So yeah... boots are bad. I wear Crocs, hideous though they are.
Originally Posted by Dezzer
When I saw the title of this thread I thought that I might get a mention!! For the record I normally wear reef walkers but rushing for a morning fish after work,I forgot to take off my shoes. The only time I have worn shoes and socks and after the retrieve, definately the last!! Reef walkers for me.
Cheers.......Terry........
Thongs or bare feet. Not the pluggers or even double pluggers. I wear "surfie joes" the ones with the fabric straps. Must get out of them though as after a day on deck, my feet and legs are killing me. Back not so good either. This old age thing is killing me.
I CAME INTO THIS WORLD KICKING, SCREAMING AND COVERED IN SOMEONE ELSES BLOOD. I HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING OUT THE SAME WAY.
NEWBY T.G.
I have tried a couple of times going barefoot in the KC, but each time, at the end of the day, my ankles and calf muscles were so bloody sore I could hardly walk, from the continual slipping. Wearing the volleys, no probs. I wear the surfer joe style thongs with the fabric straps, but find them just as slippery on smooth wet surfaces as the rubber thongs....and last time I wore thongs in the boat I sprained my ankle when my foot slipped....so the thongs go in the grab bag before I get in the boat.....need them for the walk accross the parking area to get the car and trailer...I wish people would stop breaking bottles and leaving discarded fish hooks near boat ramps.
I have to say the shimano joggers are hard to beat....... but wearing them with socks is best.
The only thing they need is a more agressive sole.
cheers
Shoes and socks in the boat after launch during winter (Captain Dry Feet sits in the boat so only the poor deckies get wet feet) , thongs in summer.
Usually bare feet or thongs at the most unless I'm crabbing up the mangroves in summer when the sandflies are baying for more blood.
Just lately I find that standing for long hours in a glass boat the pads under feet are burning and are all soft and puffy.
I'm getting soft I reckon and might have to start wearing joggers
THE POOR MAN ALWAYS PAYS TWICE
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