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Originally Posted by steve
Oh, by the way, one of the best surfcasters that I've had the pleasure to know and to fish with never wore a wet suit , rarely wears waders and does all of his surf fishing wearing hip boots with golf spikes, Grundens splash pants and a waterproof surf top of varying weights depending on the season. He has 3, 50 pound bass and one 60 to his credit over the years. Like some one mentioned in this thread, a good fisherman is a good fisherman no matter what he wears. Also, wearing the hip boot/splash pant combo is very comfortable and not as restrictive or limiting as you may think. I probably do 85 % of my surfcasting in this outfit and don't believe I am "missing out" on any action.
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Good points. Prior to this year I was never convinced the wetsuit guys as a whole caught any more fish than the non, and I'm still not convinced.
I did finally get one due to the fact a guy I fish with regularly did real well with the suit this year. We were getting fewer opportunities to fish together as I wasn't too excited about wetsuiting and we always took roughly the same amount of fish using different strategies..he in wetsuit and me in waders.
This year was more lopsided between us for a couple months, so I got the suit and tried it out. My take is still the same, though, as its the angler and not the suit that makes the difference.
If you structure your fishing approach around the wetsuit, then it makes sense all of your fish will come via wetsuit fishing. Same goes for wader fishing.