[Country Boy]

I would like to hear everybody's tips or tricks for dealing with Sea Sickness ( aka motion sickness).Mostly how to prevent it.An I'm also aware that some people are very immune to it. While others are immune on the water but, as soon as they hit dry land they loose there land legs. I've got a buddy like that. I've tried certain things to a varying degree of success with dealing with it. The wristbands worked in Tahsis for me but, when I tried them out in front of alberni inlet and litlle ways past the green marker. No such luck, green I's be and in a hurry I might add. I think it was under twenty minutes too. Boat size might have something to do with it too.

 

[Chinook Nut]

Bonine, one the night before and one pill an hour before departing, works very well for me.

 

[flapbreaker]

I use meclazine which is basically the "less drowsy" formula of dramamine. I take it as stated above. The other thing is try and glance at the horizon often. It gives your brain something to correlate the motion with.

 

[Chromaflage]

Last time I was out, I used a scopolamine patch and one bonine (mecalzine, less drowsy) - worked perfectly and I wasn't a bit drowsy. But then how can you sleep with reels singing all the time.

CrF

 

[fishindude]

ginger candy from the asian market. wrist bands, dramamine.
take two the night before and one in the morning. The
ginger works. Saw it on myth busters :shrug:

 

[Herring Problem]

One shot of jack daniels, ham and egss for breakfast, works everytime.

 

[USCGBoating]

Hurl and get it over with. Normally after that things are OK.

You are more susceptible to sea sickness if you have a head cold or stuffy nose. Most sea sickness medications have a antihistamine in them, that is what induces the drowsiness. A good nights sleep also helps.

I think one thing that should be mentioned is what not to do. DON'T eat saltine crackers. If you have ever watched a cat hack up a fur ball, eat a bunch of crackers and you will know how the cat felt.

Dan

 

[Rosco]

Scop patch the night before (they last three days), bonine the night before, dramamine an hour before you go out. You will be bulletproof. Also, eat some bananas before you go out because even if you end up having to puke, they taste just as good on the way back up :smile: but for the love of god, don't take bananas on the boat!! Its the worst kind of bad luck!! Happy hunting :cheers:

 

[PeterMac]

I have been out in really horrible conditions and not had any trouble wearing the patch. IT WORKS.

PeterMac

 

[Chrome Bumper]

Take whiskey and tomato soup for breakfast, tastes the same going down as coming up.

Watch the horizon and fresh air helps.

 

[Maverick Maxcat]

Copenhagen constantly kept my stomach in line back when I could afford it.....don't forget to swallow some of the juice too. Seasickness will not bother you at all! :wink: :wink:











That's because you'll be puking from the chew instead. DO NOT TRY THIS---YOU WILL REGRET IT ON LAND OR SEA IF YOU DON'T CHEW NOW!

This post is for comic effect only

 

[Woody]

1. No alchohol the night before.
2. Get a good nights sleep.
3. Eat a light breakfast.
4. 2 meclazine the night before and 1 or 2 in the morning.
5. Drink plenty of water while on the boat.
6. If you start feeling ill, and you're in the cabin, get out right away and get a face full of fresh air and lock on the horizon.
7. Same goes if you're carking fish or tieing gear, at the first sign you feel ill, look up and find the horizon.
8. If you're past the point of no return, get it over with and let 'er rip. If you fight it, it just makes it worse when you finally do the technicolor yawn.

 

[ICHTHYDEMON]

Have them drive the boat. Driving makes them concentrate on something other than feeling sick.

 

[wheredafish]

If you have tine to see your Dr. ask them to write a rx for Phenergam 12.5 mg Oral and 5.0 mg Dexadrine. Those together two hours before your trip will eliminate any nausea/vomiting and won't make you tired like some otc medications. Also both are generic and cheap.

DS

 

[Hammer Down]

Everything everyone here notes works perfectly well. And I know each of them by heart. Unfortunately, I'm not smart enough to follow anyones advice, except for what USCG noted above. Simple and effective.

Just hurl and get it over with. Then go back to fishing.

To your original statement about "some" people being immune. There is no such thing. EVERYONE gets it at one time or another. And if they haven't yet, they probably will. Just a fact of offshore fishing.

 

[Something Good]

I found out last week if you get vertigo you are very sensitive to motion. Wether it's you or something you are looking at. I'm usually bullet proof and go with lots of whiskey or vodka the night before, 2 hours or less of sleep and a big greasy breakfast. Meclizene held the vertigo thing at bay last week. Took 1 the night before and 1 a couple of hours before getting on the boat.

 

[fish Addict80]

I have a buddy that is always on my crew and he has never been sea sick. We have been out in some pretty sporty seas and he takes no meds and has no problems.

Usually I pick him at 3am after he has been partying all night and came straight from his girls house so I know he didn't get any sleep. He then waits till we are on the boat and sits down and attaches his reels to his rods and sets up his rod. Then ties everything up that he wants to use. The whole time on an empty stomach and chewing tobacco. He almost never brings any food or drink and I fish all day and he knows it.

He has done this repeatedly and has never even been close to feeling sick. I make him my gofer so I can keep my head up more. Pretty handy having someone to crawl around the cabin in sloppy seas and no one gets sick.

Point is not everyone gets sea sick. If that were true he would have been sick many times. There have been times that even when I take bonine the day of and dramamine the night before and stayed hydrated that I feel a little queasy. While he is fine. I have even purpose fully tried to make him sea sick. He just says go for it. I think he has a problem with his head...LOL

Maybe something will change with his head or stomach and he will be sick in the future but I doubt it. He has been out with me many times in the last 2 years in some large seas and never takes any meds.

I do as most recommend. Plenty of sleep, meds the night before and morning of and lots of fluids. Works pretty good as long as I also snack on something.

Luke

 

[J-Luke]

I used to get about as sea sick as a person can get. I'd have to get better to die. Now I don't have a whiff of it. Here's my regimen: nite before I apply a scopalamine patch (Prescription) and the morning before we set out I take 2 meclazine tablets. Meclazine is an over-the-counter anti-motion sickness med that really works for me. Only problem is extreme sleepiness if there is nothing going on. I usually sleep most of the run home. Good luck!

 

[OceanBlue]

Green apples. It's the first I heard of it, but on a recent cruise, my mom's friend and most of the passengers were very seasick. The crew told my mom to make her friend eat a green apple. (the friend was refusing to leave the bunk at this point) Her friend finally consented and almost immediately she was feeling well enough to get up and around.

 

[Pelicano]

:yeahthat: Take 25 mg the night before.chew a mint flavor gum while out there and don't eat until you have been out awhile and feel hungry,then eat bland type foods.Been using this for a couple of years now and has worked for me. :cheers: