Seasickness

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Midway Tommy

If ginger candy supposedly works or helps I wonder if ginger snap cookies would work?
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Tommy D (ORCA), NE



Favorite Activity? ............... In our boat fishing
RELAXING w/ MY BEST FRIEND (My wife Bonnie)

Donnyboat

I will get sea sick every time I go out, unless I take a travel calm tablet about an hour before I step onto the boat, I have tried ginger and a few other remedies, that have never worked for me. cheers Don, I should nt have told you that, now you wont leave any fish for me.
Don, or donnyboat

Crow

I've never been bothered, myself, but my advice to the guys that go out with us(most are "NOT used to big water (or boats, for that matter), is to eat "light", before we go, and if you start feeling "queasy", DON'T look at the water, the horizon, or ANYTHING outside the boat...look at stuff that's "moving the same as you are"....seems to help most of them.
There's nothing wrong with a few "F's" on your record....Food, Fun, Flowers, Fishing, Friends, and Fun....to name just a few !

JasonGotaProblem

#18
This is in the "different people different effects" category. I think watching the horizon helps my subconscious brain realize that yes, my sense of equilibrium is working properly, the boat really is moving and that sensation is not caused by dizziness or a stomach bug, because the boat is moving.

The only time I'd ever had issues prior to that most recent trip (where I didn't lose it btw just felt queasy) was when I was using the head and didn't have any frame of reference.

But that's just me. If I tried telling you I'm a normal case, I'd ask if I managed to do so with a straight face.
Any machine is a smoke machine if you use it wrong enough.

reelynew

Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on February 03, 2025, 12:48:03 AMZofran is as close as it gets to foolproof. Still some left over from my wife's pregnancy. If it can stop that exorcist fountain...
+1 for Zofran. I took some on a tuna trip years ago and was back on deck fishing and eating in 45 minutes. It was a game changer. Emend is also another anti nausea medication used in post op recovery, chemo and sea sickness.
I fish because the voices in my head tell me to.

MACflyer

I've found that a light breakfast, and NO coffee, helps before going offshore. Every time I drink coffee beforehand, I start feeling queasy. Also, always carry some crackers and water/gatorade if the stomach feels uneasy while out there. Looking at the horizon is helpful too.
Rick

Two rules on the boat
1. Fish where the fish are
2. See rule #1

Crab Pot

Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on February 03, 2025, 02:20:29 PMI think watching the horizon helps my subconscious brain realize that yes, my sense of equilibrium is working properly, the boat really is moving and that sensation is not caused by dizziness or a stomach bug, because the boat is moving.

LOL, this a something I've experienced with a lot of my Air Force friends.

They'll be in the galley, looking out the window, seeing nothing but sky and water "flashes" with a hypnotized gaze.

I tell them to knock it off and go outside. Those that listen normally don't get as sick. Those that don't I give a 5-gallon bucket to and tell them they'd better tip the crew...
Buy it nice or buy it twice.

CI_Seawolf

A lot of good advice here.  I also think being well rested, with very easy going food for a few days prior to the trip can help.  I use the patch, and due to some health issues I wouldn't divulge here, I carry some Zofran too.   Fresh breeze with a touch of spray, and a horizon can sometimes chase the urge to heave away.  Dramamine doesn't work all that good, in fact it kind of makes me nauseous to take it.  Once I get a few days at sea under my belt, I am pretty good.  If I hear that weather is coming up, I will put a new patch on.  Those patches can dehydrate you, so make sure to stay charged up on your hydration.  Liquid IV, Gatorade that is diluted 1/1 with water or weaker, or electrolyte water can help.
Stay Classy!

Keta

#23
When I was a deckhand on charter boats I kept a bag of candied ginger handy for clients that were sick.

Quote from: oldmanjoe on February 02, 2025, 03:37:37 PM;D  I have spent the first 15 years of my life on a family owned charter boat.  I do not get sick ,but a gulp of diesel fumes can get your attention at times or a stinky head smell.

Me too, not sick but not well either.
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Bill B

For me the generic Walmart motion sickness works well. 1 the night before and another when I drive down to the landing. 

On the long range trips, 1 every 8 hours for the first. Couple days is enough.  On the return home we are going against the current, so I may go back to every 8 hours.  I tried the transderm patch, it works well for me on 3 day or shorter trips, however longer than 3 days the withdrawals from the patch leaves me with near vertigo.  YMMV

A friend of mine is an avid surfer and bass fisherman.  No problem there, but get him on the big water and it's game over.   NO matter what measures are taken.
It may not be very productive,
but it's sure going to be interesting!

jgp12000

Don't ever eat fried chicken & drink coke classic on the way out.When the boat stopped my stomach kept moving.
It weren't pretty...

oc1

Quote from: Bill B on February 04, 2025, 05:35:50 PMA friend of mine is an avid surfer and bass fisherman.  No problem there, but get him on the big water and it's game over.  NO matter what measures are taken.
That's me too and the reason why I only fish inshore.

DougK

dramamine for breakfast and lunch works for me. otherwise I'm laying down a chum line from the gunwales..

Once took the troop to Boy Scout Seabase, a week on a sailboat off the Keys.
I offered my dramamine around the first morning, no takers, all thought themselves sailors.
next morning had to open the second packet to get everyone dosed ;-)

love whitewater canoeing, all kinds of water upheavals there but it doesn't bother me a bit.
On the saltwater, pitching and rolling while someone cuts up squid for bait.. whoops !

jgp12000

I have only been flat fishing once for speckle trout & reds,it was great! Like lake fishing & you never know what you'll catch.We caught some small sharks,the charter boat captains know where the oyster bars are that's a plus ;D

Dominick

I used to use the transdermal scopolamine ear patch, until I had a bad reaction.  I started hallucinating on the boat.  It was a friend of my daughter's boat so they brought me back to her house.  It scared the heck out of my wife as she thought I was having some sort of mental breakdown.  It took many hours to wear off.  Now I use Bonine, a brand of Meclizine.  Chew one tiny pill at night and one in the morning. It lasts pretty much all day while fishing.  It is not as drowsy making as Dramamine.  It upsets me that I cannot control motion sickness without this aid though every once in a while I go without it to see how I do.  I have made through, and just a little queasy.  Dominick
Leave the gun.  Take the cannolis.

There are two things I don't like about fishing.  Getting up early in the morning and boats.  The rest of it is fun.