do you get Sea-Sick?

[Darth-Baiter]

gross.  my buddy wants me to fly down to San Diego to meet up with him for some Tuna fishing.  sounds like a blast!!!  but his boat is tiny!  

 

my stomach rolls just thinking about it.  I have a prescription for those patches I put behind my ear at the ready.  my doctor swears they are effective as heck.  I've been in rollers on a lake in my kayak and I dont puke, but there is something about the deepass ocean that just makes me toss my cookies.

 

you?

[A-Jay]

Thankfully no.

Would have made a career on the north Atlantic miserable.

Know folks that did though.

A-Jay

[Deleted account]

No, try ginger, it really works, not ginger flavored things or things made with ginger, the root itself. Tiny like 21-23 ft?

[Darth-Baiter]

16 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

No, try ginger, it really works, not ginger flavored things or things made with ginger, the root itself. Tiny like 21-23 ft?

I think he said 22feet.

[Deleted account]

Just now, Darth-Baiter said:

I think he said 22feet.

 

If it's a Contender, Seacraft, Regulator, or something similar, ok, other things you are taking your chances. It does more often than not comes down to the Captain over the boat though.

[Darth-Baiter]

the dude is a merman.  he told me what model boat it is and he said it is a sick seaworthy boat.  dunno.  

[TnRiver46]

I’ve been sea sick a time or two but never to the point of puking. Cruise ship and a glass bottom boat in shallow water off the keys were the worst. I was feeling rough on the glass bottom boat, looked over at my mom and she was green. She said “move!!!” and I followed her to the top deck. We both felt better once we got up there 

 

I got to feeling sick on a party boat where everyone drops their lines straight down but I was able to drink that away with cold beers 

[MN Fisher]

Not even when the 40,000 ton cruise ship the wife and I took our honeymoon on was being tossed as it was on the outskirts of Hurricane Elida. We couldn't put into Cabo San Lucas cause you get from ship to shore via launches...and they weren't launching in 10'-12' seas.

 

Wife was in our cabin, doped to the gills...I was out walking the decks.

[Jigfishn10]

Thankfully no. I did when I was really young and went deep sea fishing out of Gloucester and I'm guessing out to Jeffrey's Ledge. I remember it was a miserable day and the seas were very lumpy. I provided the chum line...  

[Jig Man]

Probably since I have recurring vertigo.

[jbmaine]

I don't, but I used to have a buddy that was sea sicker than everyone I've ever known.? It was funny though. He and I spent years in canoe's, trout fishing in rivers and lakes that tossed us around plenty. No problem. I picked up a 18" boat for fishing in the salt water. He was puking before we left the dock. He never did get over it. At first it felt strange fishing with out him.

[Sam]

Yes, I get sea sick and that is why I do not go out in open salt water.

 

I do not get sea sick in calmer fresh and salt waters, such as marsh, bayous, creeks, ponds, swimming pools, etc.

[Bluebasser86]

Never have thankfully. 

[NavyToad]

No. Retired Navy and spent years at sea with no problems. I knew guys that did and they just embraced the suck - cryin’ about it isn’t going to help.

[Captain Phil]

I have been fighting sea sickness all my life.  When I was younger, I can remember dolphin (MahiMahi) fishing when I would have to go back to the dock between fish. Having done as much of it as I have, I have learned a few things.  You are far more likely to get sick from boat fumes than motion.  Diesel sport fish are notorious for this.  Stay out in the fresh air and avoid confined areas where fumes accumulate.  Keep your eyes on the horizon.  Don't watch the waves and don't talk yourself into an anxiety attack.  Don't move around excessively and never start picking things up off the deck.  If you believe you are going to be sick, you probably will be.  Dramamine pills taken at least 30 minutes before you leave the dock works, but it may make you feel drowsy.  In my opinion, drowsy is much better than sick.  If you wait until you are sick to take them, pills won't help.  In time, you can get used to being offshore.  I have never been sea sick in fresh water.  I have fished offshore in 14' seas and I was too frightened to get sick.  I fished the Greater Miami Billfish tournament for some time out of a 24' Contender.   Best offshore boat I ever owned.  The Captain who ran the boat for me held the boat steady in 10' seas.   If you know what you are doing, you can safely fish in some pretty tough conditions. 

[casts_by_fly]

I've thrown up out of the back of a boat once, but it wasn't from seasickness....

 

We made the crossing from mainland Ireland to Aran Islands once.  The bay is about 10 miles and semi shielded from the north atlantic by the Islands but the wind had been blowing 40 mph for 3 days right through the gap so it was 15' waves they couldn't cross in.  We got there on day 4 with 25 mph and 10' waves so they were going for it.  Mind you, this is a boat that sits 20 people wide in the interior and 15-20 rows front to back, plus space on front and rear decks.  Its a BIG boat (35-40 m) for a ferry with a ton of horsepower under it.  We made it about 3 minutes before the waves hit and another 2 minutes before the first vomit started.  3/4 of the people were throwing up.  You can't imagine the smell of that cabin.  That almost made me throw up, not the sea conditions.

[Hammer 4]

For  the countless times I've been deep sea fishing, never have been sick at sea.

[Junger]

Yes, but even looking at my phone while someone is driving makes me motion sick.

 

BUT if I’m driving the boat I don’t get motion sickness.

 

[12poundbass]

Never have but did get a little uneasy when we left the calm waters past the break walls heading out to Lake Michigan. The waters were rough at that time but my stomach got uneasy for about ten minutes. The rest of the day I was fine except for the lack of sea legs! The worst part was that night in the hotel lying in bed. I was riding those waves all over again. ?

 

My wife she does, and I’m afraid 6poundbass will probably be. 

23 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Thankfully no.

Would have made a career on the north Atlantic miserable.

Know folks that did though.

A-Jay

That’s pretty impressive considering you made a living riding waves. 

[txchaser]

Twice... troop carrier/beach lander (or whatever the marines call it, thanks for the ride yall) near the equator after a 24hr stint with no water. And one time in a small-ish boat in the summer in mexico on the pacific side. Somehow the dehydrated + really hot made it go.

[Bankbeater]

I've never had a problem with sea sickness. 

[bigbassin']

When I was young I did, eventually grew out of it.

 

Goodnight of sleep, a cup of coffee, and staying hydrated throughout the day goes a long way.

Avoid eating garbage the morning of. Not really sure if I got seasick when I was younger or if my body was ticked I was eating chicken biscuits and drinking Dr. Pepper at 3:30 AM.

 

The single biggest cure is being on the fish! I’ve never seen someone get sick if we were doubled up and the action was non-stop. It was always during a several hour lull folks would start feeling bad.

On 8/11/2022 at 4:55 PM, Captain Phil said:

IYou are far more likely to get sick from boat fumes than motion.  Diesel sport fish are notorious for this.  Stay out in the fresh air and avoid confined areas where fumes accumulate.  Keep your eyes on the horizon.  Don't watch the waves and don't talk yourself into an anxiety attack.  Don't move around excessively and never start picking things up off the deck.  If you believe you are going to be sick, you probably will be.  

This right here might be the best advice on the thread. Biggest mistake I see people make (and have been guilty of in the past) is going into the cabin to get out of the sun and rest. It about guarantees you will feel worse and are going to be throwing up within a few minutes.

[Fallser]

I don't get sea sick.  My tour in the Navy proved that when we got caught in a couple of bad Nor-easters.   One of my buddies can't go out in salt water he gets sick as soon as we pass the inlet jetties.  Yet I've been with him a couple of times on a lake in NE Ontario where a good north wind or south wind will kick up two or three foot waves which isn't a lot of fun in the 16 foot boats the lodge uses.  It doesn't bother him at all.  I think it has something to do with fact he's not staring at a horizon which is only water.

[TOXIC]

Nope no seasickness either on the ocean or in freshwater boats.  I will say I got queasy one year on St Clair when I was looking at a friends aqua view screen while the boat was rocking pretty good.  It’s a whole different thing when you’ve been doing 8-10 hours a day on the boat for about 3 days straight and then you lay down to go to sleep and the bed feels like it is rocking like you’re in the boat.  Doesn’t make me sick but it holds on for a couple of days after our week of fishing.  

[throttleplate]

No sea sickness ever from riding or fishing from all the different boats in the philipines but when i get home and into the shower or lay in bed at night after a day on the sea i feel like i am rolling along with the waves.