sun screen

[atxtracker]

What does everyone use for sun screen? What would you recommend on the face, neck, arms & legs for all day or heat of the day exposure? I use an aerasole(sp?) spf50, but don't want to spray that in my face. What would you use to get that stuff off your hands after appying it to keep it off your lures, line and equipment, ect... I've never heard any of the pro's discuss this, it's only fishing equipment they talk about. Sunburn and skin cancer are a big concern for me.

[BigBass]

Seeing that I am naturally tanned ( Women pay good money for this color ) , I dont have to play with the old Bull Frog!!!

Give me the Hawaiin Tropic with a SPF 4 Lotion..........hate the oily crap!!!

[egreen024]

Well, being a construction worker, face and rams are always tanned, I always fish with a t-shirt on

[Island Breeze]

banana boat sport 50 spf works well. I put it on in the am and it seems to last all day.
I just wash hands in lake doesn't seem to effect lures etc. but I also use alot of scent on everything.

[RedAllison]

GOOD, honest question atx. ;)

Usta be back we'd give the typical guy answer, "Suck it up girly boy and tan like a man." But we're older, hopefully a lil wiser and we've all seen, know folks who've gotten skin cancer. HOPEFULLY none of us have dealt with it personally yet tho. My wifes step-grandfather lost his entire nose to skin cancer he got after years of gardening and yard work. The last 10 years of his life were made more difficult because of that. And he still always wore long sleeve shirts and hats but never used any protection on his face. (He was very fair skinned as well.)

I've got enough Cherokee Indian in me (my wife and her friends go on and on about my "olive" skin as they call it. Must be a woman thing. :o ) that even the doctors tell me I probably "MAYBE won't" have a problem. But I don't lay much stock in that "MAYBE" and cancer seems easy enough to get everywhere else these days, no sense taking chances with our skin especially us outdoorsmen.

From the time I was a young teenager til into my 20s I'd usually burn one good time while fishing on a warm spring day and then I'd run around without a shirt while fishing all summer. Now my soulders and arms have enough freckles and sunspots on us (my wife did the same thing) that we know better. I still usually get a decent tan but I rarely go without at least a T-shirt on. A few years ago I bought a few of the SPF type fishing shirts from Columbia and the XPS line of shirts from Bass Pro (probably made by Columbia for BPS I'd guess) and I actually enjoy fishing in them. I even buy the longsleeve versions. The air blows through them easily and if I do get hot I can roll up the sleeves easily. They are pretty amazing shirts, you can even feel a breeze when you think there isn't one even blowing in the first place.

I also have bought a few pairs of the pants from the same material. I like the kind where you can zip off the legs for extra air flow. (And once the temp climbs over about 85 I usually jump in the water a couple times a day and then jump back in and run down the lake too the next hole at 85mph. Like turning on the A/C.)

Folks laugh from time to time but I also keep a wide brim "sunhat" in the rod locker for once the summer sun gets high. Mainly because I just don't like the sun on the back of my neck and ears. I usually wear a visor until mid-day. Once that sun climbs high I reach for the "grandpaw" hat. It features a mesh top and I dunk it in the water as well to cool the ol noggin.

I to keep a bottle of aerosol SPF-50 onboard. I spray it into my hands and then apply it wherever I need it. Rinse my hands in the lake and wipe off with a towel, no problems. I also swear by Costa Delmar sunglasses. The water is like a mirror and reflects so much light under your hat and into your eyes. Cataracts and such can be cut down if you keep quality sunglasses in use over the years. Besides, I also like being able to see detail way down in the water and you can only see that with GOOD fishing glasses to begin with. Sounds like a GREAT reason to use them. Protects your eyes PLUS helps your fishing, why not???

GOOD question, :cool:
RA

[Stinkies Daddy]

GOOD, honest question atx. ;)

Usta be back we'd give the typical guy answer, "Suck it up girly boy and tan like a man." But we're older, hopefully a lil wiser and we've all seen, know folks who've gotten skin cancer. HOPEFULLY none of us have dealt with it personally yet tho. My wifes step-grandfather lost his entire nose to skin cancer he got after years of gardening and yard work. The last 10 years of his life were made more difficult because of that. And he still always wore long sleeve shirts and hats but never used any protection on his face. (He was very fair skinned as well.)

I've got enough Cherokee Indian in me (my wife and her friends go on and on about my "olive" skin as they call it. Must be a woman thing. :o ) that even the doctors tell me I probably "MAYBE won't" have a problem. But I don't lay much stock in that "MAYBE" and cancer seems easy enough to get everywhere else these days, no sense taking chances with our skin especially us outdoorsmen.

From the time I was a young teenager til into my 20s I'd usually burn one good time while fishing on a warm spring day and then I'd run around without a shirt while fishing all summer. Now my soulders and arms have enough freckles and sunspots on us (my wife did the same thing) that we know better. I still usually get a decent tan but I rarely go without at least a T-shirt on. A few years ago I bought a few of the SPF type fishing shirts from Columbia and the XPS line of shirts from Bass Pro (probably made by Columbia for BPS I'd guess) and I actually enjoy fishing in them. I even buy the longsleeve versions. The air blows through them easily and if I do get hot I can roll up the sleeves easily. They are pretty amazing shirts, you can even feel a breeze when you think there isn't one even blowing in the first place.

I also have bought a few pairs of the pants from the same material. I like the kind where you can zip off the legs for extra air flow. (And once the temp climbs over about 85 I usually jump in the water a couple times a day and then jump back in and run down the lake too the next hole at 85mph. Like turning on the A/C.)

Folks laugh from time to time but I also keep a wide brim "sunhat" in the rod locker for once the summer sun gets high. Mainly because I just don't like the sun on the back of my neck and ears. I usually wear a visor until mid-day. Once that sun climbs high I reach for the "grandpaw" hat. It features a mesh top and I dunk it in the water as well to cool the ol noggin.

I to keep a bottle of aerosol SPF-50 onboard. I spray it into my hands and then apply it wherever I need it. Rinse my hands in the lake and wipe off with a towel, no problems. I also swear by Costa Delmar sunglasses. The water is like a mirror and reflects so much light under your hat and into your eyes. Cataracts and such can be cut down if you keep quality sunglasses in use over the years. Besides, I also like being able to see detail way down in the water and you can only see that with GOOD fishing glasses to begin with. Sounds like a GREAT reason to use them. Protects your eyes PLUS helps your fishing, why not???

GOOD question, :cool:
RA

Here i'm thinking bout that lil part of your brain that aint quite right and you go and post some thing like this and make me rethink my theroy. GOOD POST! i agree with every thing you just said! and i might add that hydration is a really good thing, keeping water handy may save your life! Y'all might wanna keep some salt tabs in your kits, water alone will help but y'all need to replace the salt in your system. Take a break, find a shady spot and just stop for 30 min's or so. Crack open a cold can of Coke and pull the top off a can of Veinney weenies and just relax. I fish alot with a 6yr old girl and even though shes tough as a nail and rough as a cobb she cets a lil bit crabby and the break with a lil bit of swimmin tunes her right up

[zooker]

i have a tub of pure zinc spf of 45 i work outside so i am tanned any way.. but this stuff helps me from burning my face..

zooker

[lilmule]

Plain old Aloe Vera ,costs a dollar at the dollar store and should you ever forget and not use it leaving it at home,use it on the sunburn will take the sting out very quickly.
Its green oily and dries on contact in about 1 min leaving no oil residue.

[Mr Gambler]

I use a s.p.f. 45, they say spf 30 is good enough;) but after 30-40 sun tags burned off with liquid nitrogen I feel it is better to be safe than sorry:mad: I have indian blood also, but don"t bet all the chickens on that one:p I grew up in the southwest & live in the central Cal. so I"ve been in the sun belt all My life:cool: I use a sun screen every time I hit the water:D

[90profx]

SPF 45 as well...........as RA said, you tell us o'l guy's out fish'n, were all wear'n "Panama Jack Hats"...........LOL......:D:D:D

[Nightmare]

I consider this every year but then do the same thing, burn and brown. Something I'm noticing here is guys talking 45-50 SPF but I've read where anything over 30 SPF is a scam - or at least not something you're getting any more benefit than 30. Anybody heard, read, been told this? Curious...

I am very serious about my eyes though. Had my eyes quite literally sunburned to the color red of a firecracker. Had to spend 3 days in near total darkness. Been fanatic for dark sunglasses since (11-12 year old) and figured out polarized sunglasses since 18-19. Do wear the shirts like RA mentioned. Used to never be without a cap except having my head mostly shaved past 6-7 years makes for a goofy looking tan line around my head, so no more.

[Jay Martin]

copertone sport 40 spray, will stay all day. Never gets on your hands or bait..

[Bullet20dc]

copertone sport 40 spray is what Use also. Good stuff.

[redneckfrank]

on the nose and cheeks and under the eyes I use the Bullfrog clear in the stick. that way i don't get on my hands and gear. spray for the shoulders.