Going fishing for the first time on the ocean "Yikes" tomorrow

[tenderheart]

So I went to a PSA meeting last night and got talked into volunteering to go out and fish and count and tag fish out in the ocean oh my!!! Never been in the ocean. A little nervous. I'll take some dramammine first thing. wish me luck

[vandeman17]

I used to get motion sick pretty bad when I was younger but not so much anymore. My advice, besides the dramammine is to eat a nice hearty supper the night before then be aware what you eat for breakfast. I would stay away from greasy food and such. Also, I would try to stay outside in the fresh air as much as possible. For me, when I went inside to the warm, stagnant air, that is when I started to feel crappy. Good luck!

[JKEEN33]

Take one tonight then one again first thing in the morning. I don't get seasick, but a lot of guys going out on our boat do. If you take it just before getting on the boat, it doesn't have time to get into your system.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Also, I would try to stay outside in the fresh air as much as possible.

If you can, stay mid boat as much as possible. Stay away from the stern if the engines are running. Until you're used to it, the diesel/gas fumes combine with the nausia and no amount of dramamine will help. Take plenty of fluids/drink with you. Tylenol/Sun Glasses. Limit yourself to prolonged exposure to the salt/wind. You'll likely get wind burnt anyway, no need to make it bad.

-Steve

[gasman]

Take one tonight then one again first thing in the morning. I don't get seasick, but a lot of guys going out on our boat do. If you take it just before getting on the boat, it doesn't have time to get into your system.

 

[h20hunter]

Get good and drunk tonight and then have a bit of the "hair of the dog" in the morning to get you level. Then, make sure you are on the very far back area of the stern. The fumes will help sober you up.

[Sumpnneedskillin]

Get good and drunk tonight and then have a bit of the "hair of the dog" in the morning to get you level. Then, make sure you are on the very far back area of the stern. The fumes will help sober you up.

Don't forget to have 3 eggs over easy still dripping in grease, 3 or 4 pieces of greasy bacon, and several pieces of toast with lots of butter.  Wash it down with a big glass of OJ and several cups of coffee.  When your on the stern don't forget to stand next to the guy smoking a cigar.

[h20hunter]

Thats a good point. The food will help you soak up the extra booze you should be drinking while doing the work. Smoking is allowed on boats being open air and all that so you should be supportive of him and his cigar. Skip everything anyone else said. They obvoiusly don't know what they are talking about.

[vandeman17]

This thread actually made me laugh out loud which is tough. I have done the booze until like 2 in the morning and then go fishing and it wasn't fun. What made it worse is that we thought it was a good idea to order pizza at like midnight for a snack too. On top of that, it was windy with rough seas the next day... 

[h20hunter]

True story:

As a boy growing up in the midwest the men being me, brother, dad, a few uncles, neighbor dad kind of like 2nd family, and grandpa would go fish up in Lake Michagan every spring for salmon. A teacher in my dads school district ran Big Bird Charters out of Benton Harbor, MI. Well, we would drive up and crash at the hotel we stayed at every year. Well, there was this pizza joint down the street that made Chicago style deep dish. We would order the special that must have come with extra grease and double the toppings. We would hammer that baby down and then hit the rack. O'dark hundred would come and we'd all get up and head to the dock. Early in the season the 'ol lake can get a bit rolly with some pretty good swell. It was only a matter of time. Who's it gonna be.... We would motor out and Capt Jim would be drinking his usualy. Can of beer, cup of coffee. Can of beer, cup of coffee. And we would watch and wait. Every year it happened to somebody. Uncle puking over the side while I slept up in the flybridge. Other uncle the following year puking over the side to the point of exhaustion. Neighbor getting so sick one year we had to hold him up so he could real in his fish. Never happened to me, my brother, or my dad but who knows...only a matter of time. You just have to sit back and wait....who's it gonna be?

[Buckmark]

Oh and the Diesel fumes, dont forget the diesel fumes.........

[Sumpnneedskillin]

My very first underway in the Navy was a leaving San Diego for WESTPAC on a destroyer.  The night before we went out and got sloshed.  Man did manning the rails on the way out suck!  We had to stay out there until we passed 1SD which is past the Pt Loma lighthouse.  I was doing "ok" til we start to hit the ocean swells, then I turned really green around the gills.  Didn't loose it though.  That was a day later when we were off the coast in 14 ft seas.  Ups and downs are ok, side to side is ok but when you start doing the "circles"  .

[runamuk]

Get good and drunk tonight and then have a bit of the "hair of the dog" in the morning to get you level. Then, make sure you are on the very far back area of the stern. The fumes will help sober you up.

Don't forget to have 3 eggs over easy still dripping in grease, 3 or 4 pieces of greasy bacon, and several pieces of toast with lots of butter.  Wash it down with a big glass of OJ and several cups of coffee.  When your on the stern don't forget to stand next to the guy smoking a cigar.

you guys   not sure they need him her chumming   but if she follows the advice above she could get seasick on lake washington  

[h20hunter]

Diesel fumes are the best.

A few years ago the wife and I were out diving off possesion point. For whatever reason when my wife comes up from a dive she is very prone to motion sickness. I think it is something to do with her inner ear balancing or something. Well, anyway, we had made a nice bacon and egg breakfast that morning. We have a nice dive and surface to my good buddy idling nearby waiting for us. We give the all clear and good he puts over. Being a good man I wait for my wife to climb aboard first. As soon as her rump hits the deck and the hood comes off she leans over the rail and basically pukes straight on me. Being in full dive gear I just duck my head and let the egg, bacon, and chunks of toast cascade upon me. A quick dunk to cleane off and I'm good to go. Took her about 2 years to eat eggs again.

[h20hunter]

If nobody is chumming how are they gonna get the fish to come up  for tagging?