Cheap dry gloves for cold weather kayaking

I do a lot of kayak fishing and whitewater kayaking in cold weather and cold water conditions.  For many years I have used dry gloves like the one in the first picture below when whitewater kayaking in the cold.  I wear a knit glove liner under the dry glove.  However, those dry gloves are expensive, so I haven't used them while kayak fishing, because they are likely to get punctures from hooks and from fish teeth and spines.

But I have found a low-cost way to keep my hands warm and dry when kayak fishing in cold weather and water.  I bought some 8 mil. nitrile disposable gloves at a hardware store, and I wear them over knit polypro or acrylic work gloves I bought at a hardware store.  It works great, keeps my hands warm and dry, and lets me rinse off fish slime, cut bait goobers, and other fishing related stuff. To keep water from getting under the nitrile gloves, I pull the neoprene cuffs from my Kokatat drysuit over the gloves, which does an adequate job of keeping my glove liners dry.  You could tuck them under the wrist gasket of your dry suit, but that's a hassle.  Another option would be to put a wide rubber band or a ring of mountain bike inner tube around the wrist of the nitrile glove to seal it.  I bring a bunch of spare nitrile gloves and glove liners in case I poke a hole in one of the nitrile gloves, but the 8 mil. gloves hold up real well.

Great idea Pete, I love cheap!! Although we don’t do a lot of ICE kayak fishing in Oregon like you do there.

Great idea Pete, I love cheap!! Although we don’t do a lot of ICE kayak fishing in Oregon like you do there.

You do realize that most of Oregon is colder than the coast in the winter.

Great idea Pete, I love cheap!! Although we don’t do a lot of ICE kayak fishing in Oregon like you do there.

You do realize that most of Oregon is colder than the coast in the winter.

Wait.... there’s more of Oregon then the coast?!?! I was referring to the actual lake ice fishing from a kayak, Pete has done it!!

Great idea Pete, I love cheap!! Although we don’t do a lot of ICE kayak fishing in Oregon like you do there.

You do realize that most of Oregon is colder than the coast in the winter.

Wait.... there’s more of Oregon then the coast?!?! I was referring to the actual lake ice fishing from a kayak, Pete has done it!!

I do something similar to Pete, I wear nitrile gloves under wool gloves (or no nitrile).  Even when soaked, they are warm.  Here is a pair of those cheap wool mitten/fingerless glove combo doohickey's you get at a sportinggoods hop for $7.99 catching a China rock fish in the middle of December 2011.  For me, they have been the warmest. The coldest I have experiences are plain neoprene gloves.

Another option for cold weather kayak fishing is heavy winter gloves which have palms and fingers which have been covered with latex or nitrile, like those shown below. They're better than knit gloves because the rubber keeps your hands dry when you handle wet gear, but if you stick your hands in the water, the fabric of the gloves will get wet, and the fabric can soak up fish slime and similar substances.  In cool weather, I take the rubber-dipped gloves off when handling fish or cut bait to avoid gooking up the gloves, and I wash off my hands before putting the gloves back on. But when the weather and water get cold, I prefer the nitrile gloves over insulating knit gloves, because I can leave the gloves and liners on all day, and fish goobers rinse off the nitrile gloves easily.  I'm careful to keep the nitrile gloves away from fish teeth and spines.

Here's some good acrylic glove liners which are available for $2.92 a pair at Walmart.