What is the best way to avoid this. I am going out of Cancun tomorrow for Sails and Dorado and it looks like it will be pretty rough. It will only be my second time offshore and I'm a little worried about getting sea sick. I have Dramamine (SP). My friend told me to drink beer on the way out, does anybody agree with that. I will post some pics if we get anything. Any advice is well appreciated.

Ginger pills but you need to start taking them asap.

Found any in supermarket or Walgreens type place.

Avoid alcohol if you're prone to seasickness.

no beers no scopolamine... and no acidic food. eat light, drink LOTS of water, and munch on ginger snaps or saltine crackers if you feel woozy. dont think about getting sick or your mind will override all the meds!!! focus on the horizon if you start feeling dizzy. it stabilizes your equilibrium.

everyone has a different reaction, but I have found that Ginger works with most of the people I take out on my boat. You can find Ginger pills at whole foods or as a last result get some ginger candy (with real ginger).

Outside of that, gl fishing and take a lot of pics for the post!

Well there were 6 foot swells today out of Cancun. Thanks for all the advice cuz I didnt get sea sick however we were only out for 1.5 hrs. There were 2 other people on our charter and they got sick right off the bat and offered to pay for our trip in order to go back. The ride was 30 minutes so we only did about 30 minutes of actuall trolling I did manage to catch a barracuda. We're going back out on Monday (supposed to be 2.5 foot seas) and hopefully we'll get to fish the entire 6 hrs this time. I will post after we go Monday.

Seasickness is 100% mental. It's just the brain processing conflicting signals from different parts of the body. Like the other said, don't drink, eat light, saltines and water are great. If you start to feel queasy dump a bottle of COLD water on you and cool your body down. I usually keep a long sleeve white t-shirt in my cooler to cool someone down if needed and at least a sleeve of saltines in my fishing bag.

Other than that...just don't worry about it. Get busy talking with the deck hands or capt about what you're doing, where you're going, how they're rigging, ask a lot of questions and communicate with them as much as possible. If they don't speak good English (which will be very likely) then talk with the other charter participants. It'll keep both of you busy. Tell fishing stories and whatever to not think about what you're doing. Luckily for you it's only a 30 minute ride to the fishing grounds and that's not much time to kill. It's funny, but most of the time seasickness goes away or subsides significantly once the fishing/catching begins and especially on the way home.

Have fun!!!

Nice Cuda, how did it go on Monday? any pics

Mythbusters baby!..Ginger root or Ginger pills were proven through expiraments to be the most effective and reliable..I'm sure some people react differently to different stuff.

ahhh i love people getting sick on boats-extra chum!

I agree completely!

I've been out a number of times starting at age 13, I'm 37 now. I've been sick one time, and I let another person on the boat who was sick work me into getting sick. And like you say, when the fish started biting I got over it quickly and never got sick again. Since then, I've always overcame any wooziness I've experienced by doing exactly what you recommend. Getting my mind off of being sick! Anything to distract me from it, is what I do.

I always feel woozy for about two hours after loosing sight of land, but that's when I go up on the bridge, or into the wheel house and get into what we're doing with the Capt.. I've found they kind of enjoy having someone interested in the inner workings of what they are doing anyway. And I've learned a whole lot in the process. Once we hit the first fishin' hole, I'm good to go for the rest of the trip.

Last time we went out, we had a guy start chumming not two miles from the jetties. He was sick ALL day long. I think he reeled in one lowly trigger fish all day. We all kept thinking he'd get past it, but at 3:30pm we decided he'd been tortured enough and asked the Capt to head in. We were 35miles out, and the sick guy was up and feeling fine before we made 3 miles distance. He said he'd never been seasick before in his life.

My wife swears by Lays Original Potato Chips. Something about those greasy salty things sooth her stomach. She'll not be caught on a boat w/o them. My dad swears that a full stomach won't slosh, and thus won't get upset. So he eats a hearty breakfast before going out. I say, do whatever works for you. Me, I do nothing different than I'd do on any other day of my life.

Dramamine makes me feel worse than the wooziness does. I won't touch the stuff. Never tried Ginger, but never really needed it.


Jay

someone told me to take a shot of cowboy up hope that helps.LOL

Chili cheeze dogs and beer great chum.

I do the beer and catching fish trick. Not enough beer to get hammered, just enough to take the edge off and loose things up. I agree, it has to be mental. As soon as I start feeling funny, crack open a beer and go walk around. Also, make sure I do not stay inside too long. But maybe I am not prone to getting sick?