Cold weather ends more fishing trips than slow bites. Here’s the winter bass fishing gear that keeps you warm and fishing longer.

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/cold-weather-fishing-clothing.html

 

This article misses out on mentioning what is likely the single greatest piece of cold weather gear I have ever come across. I absolutely love this thing, wish they had created it a couple decades before they did, would have made many Winters much much more pleasant... You can wear it under waders, bibs or even under a rain coat. If you flip that extra insulated hood up on even the coldest days, instantly warms you. There is nothing else like it, made by anyone. Not cheap, but the first time you wear it while actually fishing and notice how much less it restricts you and how warm it keeps you, worth every penny. 

 

https://www.simmsfishing.com/products/mens-exstream-pull-over-hoody?variant=41505342881982

3 hours ago, Goby said:

This article misses out on mentioning what is likely the single greatest piece of cold weather gear I have ever come across. I absolutely love this thing, wish they had created it a couple decades before they did, would have made many Winters much much more pleasant... You can wear it under waders, bibs or even under a rain coat. If you flip that extra insulated hood up on even the coldest days, instantly warms you. There is nothing else like it, made by anyone. Not cheap, but the first time you wear it while actually fishing and notice how much less it restricts you and how warm it keeps you, worth every penny. 

 

https://www.simmsfishing.com/products/mens-exstream-pull-over-hoody?variant=41505342881982

Interesting, almost like combining a midweight baselayer and a down vest with hood. 

4 hours ago, Goby said:

This article misses out on mentioning what is likely the single greatest piece of cold weather gear I have ever come across. I absolutely love this thing, wish they had created it a couple decades before they did, would have made many Winters much much more pleasant... You can wear it under waders, bibs or even under a rain coat. If you flip that extra insulated hood up on even the coldest days, instantly warms you. There is nothing else like it, made by anyone. Not cheap, but the first time you wear it while actually fishing and notice how much less it restricts you and how warm it keeps you, worth every penny. 

 

https://www.simmsfishing.com/products/mens-exstream-pull-over-hoody?variant=41505342881982

How is the bulk? It looks like it would be difficult for me to fit my winter suit over the top plus my life vest and still be able to move. 

The warmest thing I’ve found is a Gerbing heated vest.  It has replaced several assorted items that I have tried over the years.

https://www.gerbing.com/collections/battery-heated-vests/products/gerbing-7v-mens-torrid-softshell-heated-vest-2-0?variant=44873770139939

38 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

How is the bulk? It looks like it would be difficult for me to fit my winter suit over the top plus my life vest and still be able to move. 

 

It has some bulk in the upper chest and the hood is thicker than most hoods with insulation, but where it matters in the torso/waist and outer arms, it uses a different insulation that is way less bulky and isn't quite as warm, but still plenty warm and gives you all kinds of freedom for mobility. While I have worn my big thick ice fishing parka over the top of this, it's not something I would want to do all the time. To me it's more designed around using without anything over it or with a non-insulated rain jacket over it at the most. It is extremely warm, I typically wear a lightweight thermal layer and then a heavier layer of fleece under it and that's all I need, even in the dead of Winter. I only wear a rain jacket if it's raining, or if I am making a long run and want an extra wind blocker, but it blocks the wind on its own for the most part. 

 

It just works flawlessly with bibs "both insulated and uninsulated" or waders which most of us are wearing when it's cold. 

 

I have zero affiliation to Simms, to my knowledge nobody else makes anything like it.