Walking the Flats

Saltwater Inshore Discussion
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What kind of footwear y’all wearing out there on the flats?

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old shoes with a pair of socks with the toes cut off pulled over the outside to keep the shoe on and the snails out.

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Good tip. I always get a few snails in my shoe. Thx

2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”

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callouses

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quote:
Originally posted by barbawang

callouses

tiger blood

Vinman
19.5 Triumph, 115 HP Honda
“Every saint has a past, every sinner a future”

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Get you a good pair of wetsuit booties. Had mine for 5 years now, no tears, no snails getting in and they are really lightweight!!

That boy’s fuked up like a soup sandwich!!

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Started off using orvis wading boots, because I never get to use them in the mtn. streams. Then decided tennis shoes made more sense and could care less what happens to them.

Don’t have a knack for makin motors crank,
But I’m pretty good at drinkin beer

The best way to a fisherman’s heart is through his fly.

2002 Florida Skiff
90 Merc.

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quote:
Originally posted by RedTide

What kind of footwear y’all wearing out there on the flats?

Anything that won't get sucked off by the pluff mud. I've gone through them all and I am most happy with the... um... crap, I can't even remember what they are called.

I had to look it up. What we use to call ‘boat shoes’ or ‘topsiders’.

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Chuck taylor converse hi tops

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I like the idea of Booty on the flats! Wait, what were we talking about?

Seafox 187CC

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Hahaha…too funny BOSN…LOL…

livin life one day at a time!!!
2006 Seafox172
05 Mercury90hp(saltwater)

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I have always used the gill sailing boots from west marine, since they are easy to slip on and off and they stick on really well

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i have columbia fishing shoes that have mesh screen and slits in the bottom for water to run thru. they fit tight on the foot so they stay on.

http://www.meltontackle.com/products/columbia-belize-ii-fishing-shoe.html

http://www.meltontackle.com/products/columbia-cayman-ii-fishing-shoes.html

  • I’d rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.
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I always wear surf booties. They hold up year after year too. The only problem I have had with them is the sweet tan line/sock tan.