What Kind of Footgear for Waders?

Santa brought me a pair of waders this Christmas!  Being a wader noobie, I have a couple of questions:

 I plan to use them for surf fishing, and I'm considering the purchase of oversized water shoes to wear over the attached neoprene booties, but I'd appreciate the opinions of any who use waders for surf fishing.  Is there a better kind of footwear for the beach?

The waders come with gravel guards.  I assume these are the hooks attached to the cuff of the pant.  There are no instructions and I have no clue how to use them.  Can anyone provide illumination?

Thanks,

Randy

Randy, I just use neoprene booties. Works fine.

I wear wading boots with my waders... they're just hodgman fairly cheap wading boots. They look like oversized hiking boots.  I like the larger size of them for walking in the sand... takes less effort.  But I've worn neoprene booties as well and they work just fine.

The hooks on the gravel guards are meant to hook onto the laces of your boots.

What a thoughtful wife you have... nice gift.   

Randy I have wading boots and booties if I am going to be on my feet a lot I wear the boots much more support your feet will thank you.
When I fish out of the Kayak or Boat I wear the booties.

Thanks for the bits of wisdom fellows.  I wore the NRS booties I wear in the kayak yesterday, and noticed the zippers were extremely unhappy with the sand.  So, whatever I wind up with will be velcro fastened, laced or pull-on.

What a thoughtful wife you have... nice gift.   

Yep.  Pat and I are always mindful of how lucky we are.  She reminded me just this morning, when she opened up a new, submersible vhf radio   

Can't begin to tell you how cool it is to be able to shop for my sweetie at Outdoor Pro!   

Randy

on the topic of footwear had anyone tried the new water proof neoprene socks?

I finally decided on wader boots.  Inside the boots are polypro sock liners, "SealSkin" waterproof socks and, of course, the neoprene wader booties.  Result = warm, dry, happy feet.   

Randy

I have two pair of booties my wife will kill me if I was to buy another pair.

actually I'm interested in those seal skin socks, are they a part of those boots? or do they come with them built in? 
enquiring minds want to know

I have two pair of booties my wife will kill me if I was to buy another pair.

actually I'm interested in those seal skin socks, are they a part of those boots? or do they come with them built in? 
enquiring minds want to know

The socks are sold separately.  I bought mine about 3 years ago at West Marine.  I don't know if they still carry them.  They work great under booties for kayaking as well as under wader boots.  Here's a link:
http://www.greatoutdoorsdepot.com/socks-seal-skinz.html

Randy

thanks for the tip Randy

I have some seal skin gloves that work great as well. Didn't know they made socks.

I put Spenco Arch Supports in mine and I can stand and hike rivers all day with no probs.
Take the hook on the gravel guard and hook it to the furtherst shoelace. It should cover all your laces keeping the sand and gravel out.