Dramamine???

Ive only been on the ocean once in a boat. Although i didn't get sick i wasn't relaxed. On a choppy day is it a problem in a kayak? i tend to have one of thouse motion sick stomachs. How do you guys do? or is it puke the first trip of the year then your set?  Thanks

you WILL be relaxed with Dramamine for sure, gotta be careful not to fall asleep. Scopace is what to get from what i hear, it's prescription?

I needed Dramamine for a while when i first hit the salt but got used to it now i don't need it. I did feel a little queezy the first time out of the year after a long layoff but not too bad, it was pretty rough also.

I get seasick in boats but never in a kayak.  It's funny because the bigger the boat, the worse the sickness.  Kayaks and small boats are not a problem.

For the seasickness, I've tried it all.  Bonine (same as non-drowsey dramamine) is just as effective and won't make you feel bad like dramamine does.  I take a bonine the night before I boat plus a ginger pill.  Then again the morning I boat.  That combination works really well for me. 

Awesome, thanks guys. I was hoping it would be like the whole, the driver doesn't get sick but the passenger does thing. i wont know till i try. Ill play it safe thou. Thanks again

Diesel boat- I puke before we get out of the harbor. As long as I can see the shoreline, I'm ok. Fog rolls in, puke machine fires up.

But nothing yet in a kayak. Knock wooden head against wall.

The worst thing you can do is to be looking down at your gear, tying lures and what not can bring on the queesy quickly. Just have everything rigged to "clip on" and you avoid the long term "stare" at the Yak syndrome.
 I am like CBY, I took less drowsy dramamine for the last two years....I forgot to take it on our first PB trip this year, no problems. I have not taken any at all this year, and have seemed to have gotten past the sick of it all. I had no problem with the dramamine as long as I was on the water...as soon as we hit land, I seemed to lose all my strength and will to do anything. I am glad to be done with that!
 

I took the non drowsy Dremamine my first time in the salt and I felt the worst out of all my trips.  No energy, no motivation, ready to take a nap while bobbing up and down.  Still puked.

Then I tried ginger pills and ginger candy.  Stayed alert, more stable, but forgot to keep my eyes on the horizon. Puked a few times but no biggy. 

Tried the ginger candy alone and that made me puke just tasting it. 

Ended up just getting some "Motion Eaze" and dabbed it behind my ears.  Mucho better! 
I'll still get queasy if I diddle around and look down at the yak to much, but it's much easier to stay away from spewing.

Oh, and I'm much better off in low swells and long periods between them.  That really helps alot! 

Something else to consider is that if you get out on the ocean enough your body will get used to it and you don't need the pills at all. My first few trips each year I have to take Scopace or I'll blow chunks. By the middle of the summer I can paddle out without any meds at all. By the late summer I don't need pills even if I'm in weird mixed swells and looking down the whole time. 

It's funny but I can't ride a roller coaster or other amusement park rides, but small planes, boats, and yaks don't bother me at all. 

Many of the motion sickness drugs like dramamine and scopolamine will dehydrate you, so bring plenty of water aboard.

Anyone who has spent a lot of time on the ocean, and who is honest, will tell you that everyone has their day. 99% of the time I'm fine, but I've done some chumming.
Watch what you eat and drink the day before you go out. Eat plain, non-spicy, solid food. Don't drink tequila. Dramamine and similar drugs make you sleepy. Over the years I've found the motion sickness patch that you stick behind your ear works best for people who tend to be seasick. We give ginger cookies and ginger ale to kids, works for adults as well. You can get ginger root and gelatin capsules at a health food store, grind up the root and stick it in the caps.
 

I used to take Dramamine for years, since I was a kid.  Did it mostly because Dad always handed it to me whenever we went out on the ocean.  Continued to do it into my young adulthood.  Got tired of the sleepiness feeling and switched to non-drowsey.  Was on a trip once time and completely forgot any sea sickness meds.  Encountered no problems that whole week in all kinds of sea conditions.  Stopped taking it.  Haven't taken anything since.  But ... twice I have felt like I was going to get sea sick, but didn't chum, although I probably could have if I wasn't so stubborn.  Both times were out on the ocean, at night in rough conditions .... errr, while drinking beer.

Moral of the story ... different people react differently to the ocean and to meds.  It's something you need to find out for yourself.  But do so in a safe manner please.  Naming no names ... we had one guy get seasick on us on a kayak and we had to tow him in.  He was pretty bad off there for a bit and I'm not sure what he would have done if we weren't there.  Lesson learned.

-Allen

  Was on a trip once time and completely forgot any sea sickness meds.  Encountered no problems that whole week in all kinds of sea conditions.  Stopped taking it.  Haven't taken anything since.  But ... twice I have felt like I was going to get sea sick, but didn't chum, although I probably could have if I wasn't so stubborn.  Both times were out on the ocean, at night in rough conditions .... errr, while drinking beer.
-Allen

Kinda how i found out i didn't need it anymore. After the first time of feeling seasick i just took it everytime because i would rather be sleepy then sick. And like Allen i never chummed but could have(i'm stubborn too), probably because i just got the heck off the water quick. I forgot i didn't have any left and didn't take it one day and felt fine and haven't taken it since.

LOL Allen.... Beer, Night and Rough Ocean.. Perfect cocktail for 

Water, No tequila, Plenty of Meds, Don't fall asleep because of the meds, Beware of the Fog, avoid looking down, Ginger is good. I bet ill do all this and still get sick, ha o well Fishing is better than sitting at home.

Moral of the story ... different people react differently to the ocean and to meds.  It's something you need to find out for yourself.  But do so in a safe manner please.  Naming no names ... we had one guy get seasick on us on a kayak and we had to tow him in.  He was pretty bad off there for a bit and I'm not sure what he would have done if we weren't there.  Lesson learned.

-Allen

Hey...I resemble that name. 

Thanks Pole and Zee

LOL Allen.... Beer, Night and Rough Ocean.. Perfect cocktail for 

The first time this happened, it was a clear, but rough night.  I was up on the open bridge just hanging out.  Of course with the wave action the stars were just swinging back and forth across the sky.  I can still close my eyes and picture those damn swinging stars.  Didn't take long to start feeling bad.  I went back down to the deck to the part of the boat that rocks the least, centerline right where the boat pivots over the waves.  Didn't take long to feel better.  Trolled for swordfish that whole night without so much of a sniff.

The next day was one of those magical fishing days.  We had a 5 header of sailfish go off at one point with free jumpers all around to.  Got absolutely clobbered with only 2 crankers on the rods.  Had to engage the deckhands to pull their weight.  Hah!  Even the captain came down from the bridge for a turn.  Later found a really nice pod of yellowfin, a few king mackerel, and a wahoo.  Went looking for a black marlin, had one drive by but no joy.  So ... bonus points if you can guess where I was.

-Allen