I spend time on some fast flowing rivers, and some choppy lakes. I always get a bit woozy at first, but I adjust and relax and it usually dissapears. I also make sure to watch where we’re going and keep looking at the shore. Then I can enjoy the night. I’ve also done some night fishing in some choppy water and been just fine(beer probably helped).

But tomorrow I’m going on my first offshore trip, maybe 20 miles outside in San Diego. I believe it’s suppose to be 5 foot chops that last around 10 seconds. Guy I’m going with said that’s not too rough, but still recommend I take some medicine. But most of the medicine can make vision blurry, which also doesn’t sound like fun, and I’m visiting with a rental car, and my wife refuses to drive in a city this large. I’m also not one who vomits much. I may have vomited 2 times in the last 3-5 years, usually while I have a fever.

So how bad is sea sickness? Anyone else suffer from it. I just worried because stuff like staring and focusing on moving water will definitely make me dizzy, but really only makes me uncomfortable. Same with staring at a phone while someone else is driving. Trying to decide if I should go to the pharmacy and get some meds to take tonight.

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by Mth281

Hey all, I’m not much of a fisherman, but my great uncle Charles gave me a fishing rod when I went on a fishing trip with my papa to Charles and his families area in Minnesota. I haven’t used it since because I’m fairly unfamiliar with what I’ll need and where to go, let alone if it’s legal. I’ve wanted to get into fishing as it is very peaceful for me and I love the water. I just don’t have a need to keep the fish and am not in a good position to pay for a fishing license if I don’t need one 🤷

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by baronbaxter

I went on a 5 mile hike along the American River this weekend. The main trail was about 300 feet elevation above the river. The final 1/4 mile leads down to the river.

At the end of the hike, thinking I could save some time hiking back, I thought I’d follow the river at the river’s edge. This worked good for about ten minutes before I was scaling boulders and wading through waist-deep water. I finally hit canyon walls that forced me to retreat to the trail. But, as luck would have it, I found a 20 to 30 foot hole (a couple of them actually) that was full of beautiful fat rainbows that looked to be 20+ inches. Having no fishing gear with me I began plotting my return.

My guess is this spot has been fished very rarely, if at all. It’s not navigable by boat and only some lunatic who though they could find a shortcut by hiking into a canyon for an hour (me) would have stumbled upon it.

I’ll be heading back real soon with my pole. Any suggestions of what I should use for bait since this is not normally my type of fishing? I’ll report back with better pics.