Fishing in the Cold Weather

With the near coldest winter on record here in the Deep South upon us there are many ways to make sure your body is prepared to take the cold when you head to the water. Believe it or not one of the best ways to prepare for that cold day on the lake is not always about how you dress. Although important what you wear, it is equally important that your body is prepared.

Body preparation starts with a proper diet, you must prepare your body with a satisfying diet with good portions of carbohydrates like 搑ice, pasta抯, breads and beans?as carbohydrates give you energy and allow your body to run like a well tuned high performance engine. The next important need for your body is proper amounts of liquids; fishing in the cold is very much like any other athlete participating in any sport, the body needs water and plenty of it to maintain body functions that keep you safe in the cold. When your outside and its cold and windy the body will spend internal energy trying to stay warm, hence using the energy created by water and if you抮e not prepared with plenty of liquids once your liquids are used you lose the ability to protect yourself from the cold.

Along with proper diets dressing properly in layers is always important, there are many clothes made specifically for athletes to stay warm in cold weather especially under garments that fit tight to the body to maintain heat. Skin tight layers act very much like protective layers on fruit, like an apple, or orange as the outside protective layer grows tight to the fruit to protect it and we are no different, our bodies need that skin tight protective coating in extreme cold temperatures to protect your own bodies heat source. If you have a skin tight fitting layer next to your body everything else you wear over them becomes sources of heat and keeps warmth inside the body and protects it from leaking heat.

Diet, liquids and clothing layers are all part of smart preparation that you can use to keep your body safe from the elements and make a cold day on the water enjoyable.