Fishing Tips with Phil Rowley - How to Choose and Use Float Tube Fins

[@richarde1355]

I like to hold my rod(s) in my hand as I back onto my tube and into the water. See at 1:15; the rod tips are nearly getting poked into the mud. I’ve broken rod tips this way, when entering the water backwards the rods strapped in. Hold your rod(s) with a hand, back into the water and once you get settled into and situated on the float tube and are clear of obstructions behind you, like cattails, that might also grab your rod, then strap down your rod(s).

[@turkN9NE]

good idea about the stretching. I remember my first time was brutal

[@MrT-bj6et]

Phil i dont know if youre employed by outcast or if theyre a sponsor or what, but to anyone watching this....never use these cheap fins designed for use with the wader boots. NEVER. they are poorly designed and you will use more energy then required when kicking. Save yourself the time and energy and buy a pair of either snorkel fins or even better scuba fins. When starting out, I used the fins provided with the float tube, BIG mistake! I graduated to snorkel fins within 2 fishing trips, and within 4 fishing trips to my dive fins, best move i have ever made with fishing. I use a pair of large fins that fit over the wader neoprene foot. The maneuverability far exceeds that of the fins shown in this video and the power achieved with dive fins is no comparison. spend the extra money on a good pair of dive or snorkel fins-you will not regret the choice to do so....

[@fmbjay0166]

Thank you

[@sky_taleproductions7982]

I have been using the Outcast force fins for almost 10 years now and they work great. I do have the cheaper float tube fins from Outcast as well but do find that they don’t get me around as well, but they do work. I have good diving fins but prefer to not use them for actual diving.

[@richarde1355]

They are just fine. For someone using a pontoon boat where the fins are mostly used for positioning and not propulsion, the cheap fins are just fine. I think Phil was just demonstrating the fin options Outcast offers.