Yakin in the yak... - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

dorado50 · 07-14-2012, 05:17 PM

I make it a habit to drink a large cup of coffee and a large cup of orange juice before I head out.

blitzburgh · 07-14-2012, 05:50 PM

Every person's body is different. I take one "less-drowsy" Dramamine almost everytime I go out. When I fish the bays I take nothing and am fine. I have had some inshore trips where I have forgot to take it and never felt the slightest bit sick.....but I'm not taking that chance!

Journeyman · 07-15-2012, 02:00 AM

Bonine, you'll find it right next to the dramamine, works great but doesn't make you drowsy.

Take one the night before followed by one an hour before you launch.

It's never the swells that get me, it's the wind chop (bobble heads always come to mind) but this method with Bonine has been my cure.

MrM · 07-15-2012, 12:33 PM

Awesome! Thanks for all the replies, I wasn't expecting this much feedback. I'm going to have to have a "pre fishing routine" now to avoid the

, just in case.

LexLutheran · 07-15-2012, 08:14 PM

Bummer about the sea sickness. I am fortunate to have never had a problem with it. I was out there as well, but fishing a little farther toward crystal cove. My buddy had the same problem. He threw up twice. The section of kelp right after the sand flats is strange. It is fairly well sheltered from northwest swell, but there is so much boat traffiic it seems like you are always being tossed around by cris-crossing boat wake in addition to the regular swell. It was a lot calmer farther south.
How did you do fish wise? I had a rough go. I caught a couple Calicoes, but it was slow.

07-14-2012, 05:50 PM	#2
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	Every person's body is different. I take one "less-drowsy" Dramamine almost everytime I go out. When I fish the bays I take nothing and am fine. I have had some inshore trips where I have forgot to take it and never felt the slightest bit sick.....but I'm not taking that chance! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

07-15-2012, 02:00 AM	#3
Journeyman Junior Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Lake Elsinore Posts: 25	This is what works for me... Bonine, you'll find it right next to the dramamine, works great but doesn't make you drowsy. Take one the night before followed by one an hour before you launch. It's never the swells that get me, it's the wind chop (bobble heads always come to mind) but this method with Bonine has been my cure.

07-15-2012, 12:33 PM	#4
MrM Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: The Matrix Posts: 643	Awesome! Thanks for all the replies, I wasn't expecting this much feedback. I'm going to have to have a "pre fishing routine" now to avoid the , just in case. __________________ -Kevin

07-14-2012, 05:17 PM	#1
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	I make it a habit to drink a large cup of coffee and a large cup of orange juice before I head out.

07-15-2012, 08:14 PM	#5
LexLutheran Lurker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 12	Bummer about the sea sickness. I am fortunate to have never had a problem with it. I was out there as well, but fishing a little farther toward crystal cove. My buddy had the same problem. He threw up twice. The section of kelp right after the sand flats is strange. It is fairly well sheltered from northwest swell, but there is so much boat traffiic it seems like you are always being tossed around by cris-crossing boat wake in addition to the regular swell. It was a lot calmer farther south. How did you do fish wise? I had a rough go. I caught a couple Calicoes, but it was slow.