I am taking a good mate of mine to the coast fishing in a few weeks who has never been more than 100 meters off shore due to his sea sickness.

I have suffered from this before, due to the incorrect food and beverage taken the night before, but otherwise I am one of the lucky ones.

Now some people say they turn green and this is not a figure of speech, they actually turn green, not green like the Green Lantern, but a very dark and dull green like a piece of meat that has been left in the fridge too long.

If you have ever had a hangover and for all you young ones out there, you are better off not having one, but sea sickness is 10 times worse.

I have actually seen someone jump from the boat and swim back to land, it was only about 100 meters, but that’s how bad they wanted off the boat.

Once you have it, you can’t get rid of it and all you want to do is die, sounds harsh, but it’s true.

It can ruin a fishing trip, not only for the poor bugga who is crook but also for the others on the boat who unfortunately have to watch them and the distinct possibility of turning the boat around and taking them back to land.

Starting to catch fish can delay the inevitable, but like I said, once you have got it, it stays with you until you get your feet back on terra firma.

There are a few ways to combat sea sickness and the main one, in my opinion, is if you think you are going to get crook, you will get crook - you’ve talked yourself into being crook,

It’s the same as playing footy; if you think you can’t win, you have already lost, so always think positive.

Have a good feed the night before you head out. Not a good feed of rich food like creamy rich pasta with lots of sauce and lots of beverages – a nice steak and veggie tea and only one or two drinks, and have a decent night’s sleep, then have a bit of breakfast, a piece of toast or something light and a cuppa.

Tucker on my boat for the day usually consists of cheese and bacon rolls, some biscuits, a bit of fruit, some carbonated water if required and lots of bottled water.

If the passenger has suffered from sea sickness before I will offer them a sea sickness tablet before they go to bed and another during breakfast and usually all is good.

There are some wrist bands that are supposed to help and they probably do by putting you in a positive state of mind thinking.

So don’t be scared of being sea sick, it happens to just about everyone at one time or another, just be prepared to not get sea sick and more than likely you won’t.

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THIS weekend, as I have said for the last couple of weekends, there are some very learned people coming to Wagga to impart their knowledge on most things fishing and boating

Head to Wagga Marine at 110 Hammond Avenue to increase your knowledge on sounders, electric motors, outboards and boats.

There will be a sausage sizzle at lunch time and limited numbers for water testing between 2pm and 4pm. You never know, you might just learn something.

While the weather has still been not nice, there have been some good fish reported by keen fishermen and fisherwomen, most reports are coming from Burrinjuck especially around the scrubby area (shouldn’t say that cos it will probably get raped and pillaged now) and a couple of very nice yellas from Blowering, some nice trout down at the Hume and Jindabyne.

Pictures to: craig@waggamarine.com.au or 0419 493 313.