Seasickness...No Cure!!!

[eelman]

I have striper fished a long time and, many times I have had the invite to tag along on someones boat for what promised to be bass after bass.

Every once in a while I would go.And everytime I went I got sick! I tried everything known to man to stop the green around the gills feeling and, nothing worked. I could have cared less if the guys were catching 50 pound bass left and right ! Once that sickness sets in,its like nothing else! Those who have had it know what im talking about! Its worse than a hangover ,its comes out both ends and it makes you wish you were dead!


I was foolish,remember you always have a choice! right up until your on the dock you can back out! There were many times I should have.

I think thats why I honed my surcasting skills to the point where I would not need to put up with "problems" of boat fishing.

My advice to those who are prone to seasickness is to stay on "terra-firma" It just isnt worth it to get that sick! I would much rather have a couple of shore caught fish than a night of misery,laying in the cabin of some rocking boat,wishing someone would shoot me and end the misery.Its the worst folks!

I think all the remedies are bogus, none of it works.At best it just prolongs the inevidible.For the worst thing was being anchored up in moderate seas bottom fishing,A close second was "slow trolling".

The other factor that made me even more sick,was the smell of that diesel exhaust for hours at a time ,combined with the constant rolling and rocking.

Party boats? forgetaboutit!! There the worst! They are floating seasick factories from hell !!

Not only are you hurling over the side, you have to watch some 400lb old salt chugging down budweiser and eating #^&#^&#^&#^& on a shingle! I think you get the visual!!

Then you finally "wobble" on over to the head! and sit down, as the boat rocks, the water slaps your cheeks on each side as you stair at the floor. All the while begging god to get you off this F$%$ING BOAT in one piece!! That blue colerd recycled toilet water making you even more green!

The moral of this story? There is something to be said about fishing the surf, you are at your own mercy! you can go home when you want! and yes of course you can still catch fish.