Post by: tenderheart on March 04, 2011, 03:03:33 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 04, 2011, 03:07:28 PM
Post by: JKEEN33 on March 04, 2011, 03:14:38 PM
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on March 04, 2011, 03:18:25 PM
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
Post by: gasman on March 04, 2011, 03:22:17 PM
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.
:yeah:
Post by: h20hunter on March 04, 2011, 03:22:34 PM
Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on March 04, 2011, 03:29:42 PM
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.
Post by: h20hunter on March 04, 2011, 03:31:11 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 04, 2011, 03:39:47 PM
Post by: h20hunter on March 04, 2011, 03:50:09 PM
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?
Post by: Buckmark on March 04, 2011, 03:56:35 PM
Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on March 04, 2011, 03:57:09 PM
Post by: runamuk on March 04, 2011, 03:58:52 PM
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 :nono: not sure they need
Post by: h20hunter on March 04, 2011, 04:01:14 PM
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.
Post by: h20hunter on March 04, 2011, 04:02:02 PM
Post by: tenderheart on March 04, 2011, 04:15:10 PM
Post by: vandeman17 on March 04, 2011, 04:20:40 PM
Post by: tenderheart on March 04, 2011, 04:25:58 PM
I couldn't help but notice your picture in the corner of your first duck hunt in othello. That should be a thread and a story by itself but I digress. :chuckle: Honestly, I have found that the best way I keep myself from getting sick is mind power. I used to get really motion sick on airplanes when I was little and my old man used to always tell me, "its all in your head" and I could never figure out what he meant until later on when I did figure out that I could actually talk myself out of getting sick...I have to agree with you and I will be talking to myself lol Yes i turned 50 last year and decided to take up some new things going to deer & elk (hopefully) hunt also. 50 has been great. no more off the subject sorry.
Post by: runamuk on March 04, 2011, 04:29:02 PM
just try not to focus on top of wave.... bottom of wave...... top of wave....... bottom of wave
fascinating as it was that is kinda nauseating :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: Skillet on March 04, 2011, 04:30:27 PM
Post by: tenderheart on March 04, 2011, 04:41:10 PM
Don't think I'll listen to this one..Your bad :)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 :nono: not sure they needhimher chumming :dunno: but if she follows the advice above she could get seasick on lake washington :chuckle:
Post by: rasbo on March 04, 2011, 04:48:48 PM
Post by: Blacklab on March 04, 2011, 05:11:29 PM
1) It makes ya sleepy
2) It wares off :yike:
Post by: lokidog on March 04, 2011, 05:44:49 PM
I ate a small amount of breakfast and took Dramamine when I went onto the ocean for the first time I have bad vertigo in my old age and I did not yak...thought I was gonna for a few but I managed to survive, my kid turned a nice shade of green but he slept instead of chumming...then when it settled down and we started catching some fish everything was fine....
just try not to focus on top of wave.... bottom of wave...... top of wave....... bottom of wave
fascinating as it was that is kinda nauseating :chuckle: :chuckle:
Your description is so good, it's like I was there.... :chuckle:
Heading from Oly to Westport to salmon fish, my saying was take your dramamine in Aberdeen.
I have never upchucked but have felt pretty crappy out there, one trip for two months on a 76' boat, I felt like crap most of every day. I do think a person will do best to have a good solid breakfast, I usually feel worse when I am hungry. Also, if you start feeling yucky and get tired, by all means, take a nap. It always seemed to stabilize my equilibrium enough to eat a meal.
What kind of fish are you tagging and how are you catching them?
Post by: sisu on March 04, 2011, 06:02:07 PM
hahahahaha so frickin' true. Damn Steve you popped a memory cell from Bristol Bay. We'd eaten a *censored*ty breakfast of cold pancakes and peanut butter smeared on top. It was the skippers day to cook and he cooked like crap. We were working BIG rollers in a heavy rain, and getting a fair amount of fish on each set. I distinctly remember seeing waves coming over the bow and washing us down, I looked at my feet where there were about 40-50 fish on the deck as we hadn't thrown them in the brailers for some reason, probably because we were rolling so bad. Any way I blew breakfast all over the salmon. Once I did then the other picker did the same and finally our first mate who was laughing at first blew his lunch too! Good thing the rollers were breaking over the bow cause they washed the salmon clean before we threw them in the brailers.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
Post by: bowtech721 on March 04, 2011, 06:12:42 PM
If nobody is chumming how are they gonna get the fish to come up for tagging?great point :chuckle:
Post by: sisu on March 04, 2011, 06:15:55 PM
chew your food well before boarding...there is no cure if it gets to you, just let fly and keep your mind occupied.I feel for those that get seasick...But your not gonna..Have a blastChewing well is a good idea that way no chunks get caught in your nose in case there is so much volume coming that it finds a detour around your mouth. :puke:
Post by: GregE on March 04, 2011, 06:21:44 PM
Hope your trip went well.
Post by: tenderheart on March 04, 2011, 09:03:29 PM
Post by: brew on March 04, 2011, 10:38:33 PM
Post by: rainshadow1 on March 04, 2011, 10:48:46 PM
(Spent the first 22 years of my life contributing to the biomass.)
If you're prone to motion sick, just go with it. If you're not, you'll be fine, don't sweat it. Many seasick people psych themselves into it. Half of them would be fine if they hadn't spent so much time wringing their hands over it.
Post by: ICEMAN on March 05, 2011, 05:43:25 AM
I remember setting on the bow up by the captains window watching my salmon rod almost snap with a huge chinook tearing line off it and not caring in the world... "F#$& it, who cares...!" This is not like me.... :chuckle:
I finally started wearing Scopolomine Transderm tabs behind the ear. A prescription mediction you apply the day before your trip, this helped alot....
Hope your trip went well....
Post by: cohoho on March 05, 2011, 07:07:37 AM
Post by: MikeWalking on March 05, 2011, 09:53:19 AM
Post by: tenderheart on March 06, 2011, 10:17:58 AM
Post by: Thenewguy on March 06, 2011, 10:33:16 AM
Post by: dogtuk on March 06, 2011, 10:33:44 AM
:IBCOOL: YAY I didn't get sick...Had a great time. We saw whale and several skools of dolpins...Between 7 of us we caught over 350 Black Rock Fish tagged em scanned em and let em go. Some didn't make it so we have lots to eat. What a blast can't wait to go again. The weather ws beautiful NO rain sun the whole time. :)
No pics darn it its always a great time on the ocean I love it out there
Post by: tenderheart on March 06, 2011, 07:09:52 PM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 06, 2011, 07:13:20 PM
Post by: Huntbear on March 06, 2011, 07:31:51 PM
I love bottom fishing in the ocean.
Post by: h20hunter on March 09, 2011, 04:08:24 PM
Post by: tenderheart on March 10, 2011, 04:22:57 PM
So? Did you make it without heaving ho? Good pics by the way.I did NOT get sick. It was a blast ans can't wait to do it again.
Post by: GregE on March 19, 2011, 04:08:18 PM