turner, i will say that all the winter striper and smallmouth fishing ive done, feeling the bite with gloves is not really a problem. its more the encumberance of the glove itself, and the mental aspect of it. the poor grip on the rod sometimes leaves me feeling like a fish wont bite, and then while my confidence is down, well, of course im not gonna get bit.

one day i did. it made zero difference that i had thick woll mittens on. made sure my grip was solid, and i felt the tick on a swimbait perfectly. find something with a good grip in the palm. might be a good idea to start using the thinner weight ones now. i remember when tony mel and stingray started using fishing gloves. there hands smell worse than the devils anus after all those fish, but they have no problem fishing with them