THE HONEY HOLE - ALL ABOUT FISHING
August 2, 2000
Vol. 3, No.30
-------NEW THIS WEEK-------
Forum Contest Returns!
I Hooked the Big One!
In The News
Site of the Week
Joke for Week
Forum Contest Returns - fishing.about.com/recreation/fishing/library/weekly/blboardcontest.htm - I have revived my forum contest. Each visitor from noon one Sunday to noon the next Sunday will be put into a hat and one drawn for a prize - usually fishing tackle. This weeks prize is a #9 Shadrap. The more times you visit, the more times you are entered into the contest.
This Week's Feature - I Hooked the Big One! - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/aa072400a.htm?terms=a1- And it took me almost five hours to get the hook out!
In the News - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/news/blnewslist.htm - WCF Tournament details
Site of the Week - Rainbow
Smelt - http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/Communications/Publications/Fish/rainbowsmelt.html
Fish of the Great Lakes site with good pictures showing what a smelt looks
like. Smelt came up in chat and this site was given - great place to look up
pictures of Great Lakes fish!
Joke for this Week - Just in time for preseason football - Southeastern Conference Humor - A little boy and his mother were walking through a Baton Rouge cemetery when they came upon a headstone that read "Here lies an LSU graduate and an honest man." The little boy asked, "Mommy, why did they bury 'two' people in one grave?"
-------SHARING INFORMATION-------
Chat Room - http://fishing.about.com/mpchat.htm?terms=a1
Always open. 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.
Bragging Board - Mike Blackshear - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm?terms=a1 - Mike showed me some places to catch fish on Lake Sinclair and he landed this nice bass.
Forum Discussion - PETA and Other Idiots in the World - http://forums.about.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ab-fishing&msg=512.2&ctx=1 - Never let those people get the edge.........Do what is right, license, not trespassing, no littering, etc. If everyone does the right things along the way, it'll make it much rougher for those people to get ahold of the things we love to do!!
Tip of the Week - Try a worm color that matches the water. Watermelon Seed worms match clear water, green pumpkin match stained water. In my pond, the bass ignored a top water plug and a white Trick worm, but I caught a fish on the first cast when I changed to a watermelon seed Trick worm. They hit it on top and as it sank. I could not see the worm in the water, but they could! I could see the flash of the bass as they came up and ate it!
Fishing Poll - http://fishing.about.com/recreation/fishing/library/weekly/blpollhowmanyspecies.htm?terms=a1 - How many kinds of bass are there/ Do you know your bass?
Thought for the Week - Smoking cures weight problems................eventually.
-------OTHER OUTDOOR SITES-------
Saltwater Fishing - Staying Home Catches More Fish-http://fishing.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://saltfishing.about.com/sports/saltfishing/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm
Camping - Scenic Outdoor Web Cams - http://fishing.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://camping.about.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm
Fly Fishing -I'm Hooked for Life, Dad- http://fishing.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://flyfishing.about.com/sports/flyfishing/mcurrent.htm
Hunting - Dewey Cleaning Rods & Bore Guide - http://fishing.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://hunting.about.com/recreation/hunting/mcurrent.htm
-------MORE-------
Trivia Contest - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blcontest.htm?terms=a1
- Answer a trivia question, be entered into a drawing for a prize -
All correct answers received during the week, before noon on Sunday,
will be placed in a drawing for the prize
Upcoming Events - There is a calendar of events on my site - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/gi/pages/mevents.htm?terms=a1 - 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!
Fishing The Net SITES - http://fishing.about.com/msubfishnet.htm?terms=a1 - 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!
Bonus Joke - More SEC humor (I am a Georgia grad, btw!) - Did you hear about the Florida linebacker that stole a police car? He saw "911" on the side and thought it was a Porsche
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?terms=a1.
Also, check out my chat room at
http://fishing.about.com/mpchat.htm?terms=a1. 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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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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Powerboating - http://powerboat.about.com/sports/powerboat/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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