Do you guys ever wear waders while bank fishing? Seems like they may come in handy in the winter and early spring/late fall, but what about in the summer? Just some shorts and old shoes or what?

Shorts and water shoes in the summer time and waders in the winter time

same here

Shorts and Teva water shoes when it is warm. Best fishing sandals I have found so far. Nearly fully enclosed and good traction definitely heaps better than the Crocs they replaced. In cold water I normally just wear high rubber boots.

Sounds like I need to get some water shoes!

Here's something to consider, especially if you night fish.....fire-ants have a real hard time crawling up rubber boots. As a rule they fall off about halfway up the boot. I discovered this by accident and tested this a time or two to confirm it. Now if you fish an area like a creek bank or the like with lots of fire-ants then rubber boots are the ticket. Especially handy at night when you never know what you might be standing in down on the river bank. I never get stung by ants when waring them ........never.

Waders all tha time I hate standing there with wet wet shorts all day.

how much

I'm in waders summer or winter...it gets hot as hell summer time...i just pull them halfway off to airdry, sit relax n watch my poles.

If u buy waders, best ones to get are witht he rubber boot included/attached as 1 peice. its ez just to slip on and off instead of putting on shoes

In summer I wear either ripstop pants or shorts. My ripstop pants are normally dry by the time I get to my truck. As far as shoes, not much better than my Keens!

I wear waders in the winter and i wear the same wading shoes just with the neoprene wading socks that you can buy for wet wading anytime outside temps are in the 70s.

Summer time I use basketball shorts and crocs. Cold months I use the one piece waders with boots.

so what would you guys recommend i get to protect myself from fire ants and copperheads

Not trying to be snarky but, common sense and know your surroundings. Not much else you can do if you want to wade.