FRESHWATER FISHING
April 5, 2000 - Vol. 3, No.13
Public Access
Understanding Bass
Chat Room
Bragging Board
Fishing Poll
Forum Discussion
Salt Water Fishing
Camping
Hunting
Flyfishing
Mommyfish's Sturgeon
Joke for Week
Trivia Contest
Tip of the Week
Forum Contest
Events
Thought for the Week
Fishing the Net
Bonus Joke
Affiliate Program
Related About.com Sites
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This Week's Feature - Public Access - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/aa040300a.htm
- Access to public lands is a controversial subject.
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Fishtales - Understanding Bass -
http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/bl000403.htm -
Part 1 from The Bass Coach
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Chat Room - http://fishing.about.com/mpchat.htm
Always open, I host on most Wednesday nights from 8 to 9 pm. Hope
to see you there tonight!
Drop in chats every night from 8 to 9 pm. I
try to be there from about 8 to 10 ET most nights - Check it out for chatters
between 8 and 9 in your time zone.
NOTE - If you drop in and no one is there, type *beep
enter on and float the chat window. You can
go do something else and your computer will beep when someone enters the
room.. Email me if you are
having problems getting in.
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Guest Host in Chat - http://fishing.about.com/mpchat.htm
- Eric from NY will guest host chats on Friday nights starting this
week. Please join him at 8:00 pm!
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Bragging Board - Robert Groody - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm
- Robert got a 31 pound Arkansas striper
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Fishing Poll - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/blpolllist.htm-
How much do you spend on an average fishing trip?
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Forum Discussion - http://forums.about.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ab-fishing&msg=376.1
- Anybody got any suggestions? What is the perfect spinnerbait rod?
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Saltwater Fishing -Fishing Through the Gas Crisis!- http://saltfishing.about.com/sports/saltfishing/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm
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Camping - Camping in Paradise.- http://camping.about.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm
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Hunting - Sunrise River Custom Knives- http://hunting.about.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm
- Get a great knife
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Fly Fishing - The Truth About Flyfishing Feathers - http://flyfishing.about.com/sports/flyfishing/mcurrent.htm
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Site of the Week - Fish of the Month - http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/1079/fishomo.html
Check out Mommyfish's sturgeon! It is the fish of hte month for March/April
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Joke for this Week - A Mexican man arrived at an airport in Oakland,
California carrying a faked American ID. What he apparently didn't know
was that the man he was impersonating was a fugitive wanted on burglary
and concealed weapons charges.
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Trivia Contest - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blcontest.htm
- Answer a trivia question, be entered into a drawing for a prize -A
crankbait! - All correct answers received during the week, before noon
on Sunday, will be placed in a drawing for the prize
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Tip of the Week - Use a topwater bait to find bass. As soon as the
water gets into the sixties, start using buzz baits and other topwaters
to locate bass. You can cover a lot of water and the strikes you get are
exciting!
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Upcoming Events - There is a calendar of events on my site - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/gi/pages/mevents.htm
- where I list any event I can find related to fishing. I have also
posted notes about this site - when articles will be updated, chat topics,
fishtales and other things. If you have any event you would like posted
there, please email me. I can post them years in advance!
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Thought for the Week - My wife still doesn't like the new bass boat
I gave her for Valentine's Day
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Eight Fishing The Net SITES - http://fishing.about.com/msubfishnet.htm
- Each week I feature five to ten sites I have found that week. I get them
from newsgroups, email and surfing the net. Check these sites out - they
change each week and are moved to my library of links at the end of each
week. If you have your own site or a favorite that you would like me to
list, email me!
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Bonus Joke - A New Jersey state employee resigned recently after
being arrested for driving while intoxicated. He lost his job as the director
of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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Affiliate Program - http://affiliates.about.com
- To all you webmasters out there, I would like to call your attention
to About.com's newly launched Affiliate Program where you can get paid
for click-thrus to my my site. Check it out!
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WEBMASTERS and site owners - please use this newsletter as a reminder
to check your link from Freshwater Fishing. Let me know what you think
of my comments about your site. Keep me informed of updates and changes,
especially URL changes. I would appreciate a link from your site. Feel
free to post information about your site, with a hotlink, to my boards
at http://fishing.about.com/mpboards.htm.
Also, check out my chat room at
http://fishing.about.com/mpchat.htm. The chat room is always open.
Contact me if you would like to set up a chat schedule for your site that
you would host.
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Related Sites - If you like my site, you should also check out these
related About.com Sites:
Adventure Travel - http://activetravel.about.com/travel/activetravel/mbody.htm
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Backpacking - http://backpacking.about.com/sports/backpacking/mbody.htm
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Camping - http://camping.about.com/travel/camping/mbody.htm
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Fly Fishing - http://flyfishing.about.com/sports/flyfishing/mbody.htm
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Hunting - http://hunting.about.com/sports/hunting/mbody.htm
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Paddling - http://paddling.about.com/sports/paddling/mbody.htm
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Powerboating - http://powerboat.about.com/sports/powerboat/mbody.htm
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Saltwater Fishing - http://saltfishing.about.com/sports/saltfishing/mbody.htm
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Waterskiing/ Wakeboarding - http://waterski.about.com/sports/waterski/mbody.htm
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Good fishing!
Ronnie
fishing.guide@about.com
http://fishing.about.com
ISSN: 1525-8939
Feel free to send this to other fishermen - or anybody else with a warped
sense of humor!
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