Sea Sick ?
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moore_rb
Stay Thirsty My Friends
I do. I've been deep sea fishing for 25 years since I was a teenager, and yet I can still get queasy every so often.
I use Meclazine (commercial name is "Bonine") and that does the trick for me.
Dramamine does not help me at all- it just makes me sick and sleepy...
I use Meclazine (commercial name is "Bonine") and that does the trick for me.
Dramamine does not help me at all- it just makes me sick and sleepy...
Kelney
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I used to get queezy while stopped on a reef with anything above 3' swells. I'm wanting to hurl on anything 4' and above. I found Bonine and it works really well for me where Dramamine and that oil crap you rub behind your ears has failed me miserably. I just smell that oil stuff now and I get sea sick.
HAPPY
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My wife uses ~~~Dimenhydrinate 50mg ( 2-pills 1-hr. before getting in boat ) that does it for her, ~~~ safe for children & adults,
In San Diego, on the party boats, day, multi day & the long rangers, that patch, put behind ear, about the size of a nickel, same color as band aid is VERY popular, it's like everybody uses it down there, ~ ~ ~
~~~ Side note, ~ ~ ~ We were there in Oct, the long rangers were coming back with loads of Yellowfin, & Yellowtail, I mean the grounds were covered w/fish, ~~~ some 2 - 3 hundred pounders, ( yellowfin ) ~ ~ ~ one yellowtail hanging on scale ~ ~ ~ went 61.2 lbs. biggest one I ever saw,
In San Diego, on the party boats, day, multi day & the long rangers, that patch, put behind ear, about the size of a nickel, same color as band aid is VERY popular, it's like everybody uses it down there, ~ ~ ~
~~~ Side note, ~ ~ ~ We were there in Oct, the long rangers were coming back with loads of Yellowfin, & Yellowtail, I mean the grounds were covered w/fish, ~~~ some 2 - 3 hundred pounders, ( yellowfin ) ~ ~ ~ one yellowtail hanging on scale ~ ~ ~ went 61.2 lbs. biggest one I ever saw,
PintoPoint
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I always bring a relief band which is a small wrist watch size which produces a small electric shock that you feel across your middle and ring finger. Its the only thing I know will stop sea sickness within a few minutes. I very seldom get sick but I bring two units along for others. It was created for pilots, pregnant women and to relieve the effects of chemo therapy. It works by resetting the signals to the brain.
Rick
Cholla Bay
Rick
Cholla Bay
HAPPY
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Some Friendly Advice, ~~~
For those of you that have or think you may get sea sick, ~~~ before you even think of going
fishing with someone else in a boat that ~~~ YOU ~~~ don't have the say so, or control,
Be SURE you are prepared, ~~~ as most captains, myself included, will NOT, after going out 22 miles, + - turn around & come back to drop off someone that has gotten sick, ~~~
Case in point, ~~~ I once had 2 - guys with me, went to island, ~~~ as we were getting there one of them started to get sick, ~~~ wanted me to turn around & take him back, well that ~~~ was NOT going to happen, ~~~ ( I ALWAYS ) tell people that,
So what we did was to leave him on the island, with some bread & crackers, to puke, ~~~ about 5hrs. later we picked him up on the way back, ~~~
~~~ Just some FRENDLY advice,
For those of you that have or think you may get sea sick, ~~~ before you even think of going
fishing with someone else in a boat that ~~~ YOU ~~~ don't have the say so, or control,
Be SURE you are prepared, ~~~ as most captains, myself included, will NOT, after going out 22 miles, + - turn around & come back to drop off someone that has gotten sick, ~~~
Case in point, ~~~ I once had 2 - guys with me, went to island, ~~~ as we were getting there one of them started to get sick, ~~~ wanted me to turn around & take him back, well that ~~~ was NOT going to happen, ~~~ ( I ALWAYS ) tell people that,
So what we did was to leave him on the island, with some bread & crackers, to puke, ~~~ about 5hrs. later we picked him up on the way back, ~~~
~~~ Just some FRENDLY advice,
B
bahiatrader
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Ginger is about the best...
asprinkles
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Been fishing in mexican waters ,out 115 miles. Go to your doctor and get the patches. It really sucks to blow a thousand dollars for a 2 day private charter on being sick. I tried to tell them but they knew better. I never take the chance, Way to much money to worry about a $13.00 patch. Just my opinion. Leigh
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bahiatrader
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I've never had the pleasure of being sea sick, but I always carry a packet of dramamine tablets with me when I go out with my boat. They are cheap. When I go out with someone who is unsure about getting sea sick, I always give them a choice. Either take a dramamine or eat some ginger far enough ahead of time to prevent sea sickness and enjoy the ride. If you're unsure or take no precaution you can get towed back in on the end of a rope or swim for it if you puke on my boat. I have yet to feel the need to tow anyone in.
Seadweller
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That's funny Bob... but one of the first things we learned in rescue diver course was that if you are getting seasick and conditions will permit, you should jump in the water... it happened to me once out at the island while waiting for a slow dive partner and being in the sun in a wetsuit I began feeling queezy, so I just went overboard and waited in the water, and in just a few minutes the seasick feeling was gone...
BTW a good hang-over cure is to go scuba diving... at depth the amount of oxygen that is in the compressed air you are breathing is intensified and it has the same effect as breathing oxygen like football players do after they come off the feild...
rockyptjoe
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The only time I've ever gotten seasick was scuba diving (and I've sailed on various size sailboats, also jetskied with the harbor flying the red flag). I was one of the first into the water on a group dive, and was bobbing up and down on the surface for about 10 minutes waiting for the rest of the divers to get into the water...just about puked ...submerged about 2 ft. and in a very short time, the feeling went away.