I wear gloves sometimes, those blue fever gloves with the fingers cut off. If it's cold out and you are handling angry bass, it helps to wear gloves to keep a good grip on them so they don't get out of your hand and go flopping around the boat.

I also like to wear the gloves at tournaments when getting the bass out of the livewell. Yea I'm a wuss, but I don't enjoy getting my hand ripped up. I see a lot of bass dropped at tournament weigh ins as guys try to get them in bags. Usually they don't get away but sometimes they do - seen it happen. It's insurance to wear the gloves when a lot of money is on the line.