Hi!

[Funkmeister_Smith]

Hello there!

I've been a long time lurker on this site and found many a useful tip etc through it. I thought it was about time I registered & posted, if not just to say thanks!

I've been a sea (shore) fisherman since I was a young 'un, and only just got into boat-fishing over the last year. I've just got my first boat, nowt fancy, an 18 foot all fibre-glass open top boat with a Seagull Silver Century Plus outboard (only ~5 hp but does the job perfect! ). We tried to get out last Saturday but the sea was terrible. Total disappointment, but we went again the next day and had our first voyage out on the Sunday (25th) instead and she never faultered. We totally blanked fish-wise, but caught a lobster in a pot we threw out for good measure (he was too small so threw him back to grow!). So not all bad and really looking forward to the next trip!

Anyways, just thought Id introduce myself as I'll be (hopefully!) posting in the Boat Catch Reports section v. soon when the fish arrive! If any of you are moored in Seaton Sluice harbour then I may just see you's there!

Here's hoping this summer's fishing will be more successful than the terrible winter just gone!

Cheers.

Steve.

p.s. any sea-sickness remedies will be greatly received!

[KeithB]

Welcome to the site Steve!

[The Great Wallsendo]

p.s. any sea-sickness remedies will be greatly received!

Hot Tips:

DON'T drink the night before
Have a decent breakfast/meal before the trip
Take food to graze on - stops the bile in your stomach sloshing round I've found
Drink plenty fluid
And...erm..ahem...make sure you have a good dump before you go out

and also try not to even think about it - 99% of sea-sickness is in the head and sharps dissapears when you've hooked into a fish

[Norman]

Aye, welcome aboard Steve ...... best remedy for sea sickness is experience ... keep getting out as often as possible and I`m sure the very thought of it will eventually dissapear .....
In the meantime I'm sure there will be many remedies posted here ....

good luck mate, the fish'll be along very soon .. this saturday hopefully

norm

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Hello mate and welcome ,the only thing I can add is try not to think about sickness ,concentrate on the adventure and the fun mate .

[kingcod deano]

hi mate and welcome to NESA the best thing for when you feel sea sick is plenty of non fizzy drinks and look at the land or horizon it works every time

[lingking]

sea sickness

prevention is best 2 sea legs the night afore and twa in the morn

[Funkmeister_Smith]

Cheers for the replies!

I used to think that if I didn't eat before I went out that I'd be cool, but when we went out last Sunday I just felt totally starving and the acid was just sloshing round on my stomach... no good! Next time I'll have a stodgey breakfast before I go out. I also find Im ok till I need to look down in the boat. Even after a few seconds its pizza without the base coming right up!

I'll not be out this weekend, according to the forecast on Met Office its meant to be Easterly winds. We're still gonna get down and renew the mooring ropes etc. though so it aint a total write off.

Speaking of wind and weather and the likes, does anyone have a favourite site they use to gage whether its worth trying to get out? Its a 25 min drive for me to Seaton Sluice so as you can imagine its a tad frustrating if I have to turn back due to a dodgey weather report!

[canman]

Hi Steve, Welcome to this site. I launch at Cullercoats so hope to see you out there sometime. A Good friend of mine used to throw up every time when boat fishing, till someone told him about a bracelet with a bump in it that lies against the wrist just up from the palm of the hand, curred him immediately. A good tip would be, have your rod tackled up before you leave harbour, traces and sinkers etc, already made up in case of lost gear, keep your bait bucket on a seat so you don't spend time with your eyes of the sea. Pick flat days to go out and soon it will just be second nature to not think about seasickness. Check Tynemouth webcam to sea the state of the sea before you commit to going out. Best of luck, Arthur.

[wearuk53]

Sea Sickness

Hi Steve

I went to sea and was sick most days especialy in bay of biscay old remedies were eat toast and drink coke, never worked much, weather was really rough though. I have a Boat been sick once that was after a night on the drink to me you need to focus on horison have gear all ready so your not bending down much also i use the bands on wrists and take sea legs night before better safe than sorry, and like the other lads say will get used to it the more you get out have to earn our sea legs and being sick is part of it for some..happy fishing.


Steve

[Funkmeister_Smith]

That tynemouth webcam was a VERY good find, thanks very much! That should save us a few wasted journeys. Its like a mill pond at the moment, makes me want to get out there now!

Just been reading about the wristbands too. Sounds like a total gimmick, but supposedly they work! I may just have to invest if it does the trick!

Cheers for your replies.

Steve.

[willywetegg]

Hi Steve and welcome to NESA, I think that different remedy's work for different people. I never took a night off the beer before I fished and I was always ok as long as I took my seasick tablets prior to getting on the boat. I always had a good breakfast too as it's pretty awful retching on an empty stomach As the lads have said take some food and drink with you as that helps too as does keeping your eyes on the horizon. Try not to bend over in the boat as that affects your ballance and tends to make you worse, I used to kneel down to get things from my box and sit on the box to sort my gear out.

I was only seasick once and it was a very calm day so I didn't take any tablets needless to say I always took them after that. Get into a routine and see what works best for you, but if the tablets work and don't make you too drowsy, make sure you don't forget to take them lol.

Jim.