THE HONEY HOLE - ALL ABOUT FISHING
September 6, 2000 
Vol. 3, No.35

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So What Good Is A Shad, Anyway?
Alabama Spotted Bass
In The News
Site of the Week
Joke for Week

This Week's Feature - So What Good Is A Shad, Anyway? - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa090400a.htm - Good info from the Alabama DNR about this favorite baitfish.

Fishtale - Alabama Spotted Bass - fishing.about.com/library/weekly/ftales/blfishtaleslib.htm - Know what a spotted bass is?  Read this and you will!

In the News - Final results of the James River WCF -  http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/news/blnewslist.htm?terms=a1  

Site of the Week - The Magnificent, Maddening Muskie -  http://www.time.com/time/daily/0%2C2960%2C53131%2D101000823%2C00.html
A Web-only essay by Lance Morrow

Joke for this Week - The good news about mid-life is that the glass is still half-full...of course, the bad news is that it won't be long before your teeth are floating in it

-------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 - I have a scanner now - sent me your prints and I will scan them in and post them - Ronnie Garrison, 168 Rebecca Circle, Grififn, GA 30224

Forum Discussion - JimH writes: "The thought of a water moccasin dropping out of a tree into my bass boat while I'm fishing close to shore scares the heck out of me!"
http://forums.about.com/ab-fishing/messages/?msg=553.5

Tip of the Week - Be flexible - if the bass aren't biting, try for crappie or bream.  Fish for what wants you to catch it!  Relax and you can have a lot more fun.

Fishing Poll - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/poll/polllist?terms=a1 - What is your favorite live bait?

Thought for the Week - Love is grand; divorce is a hundred grand

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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/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/blfishnet.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 - Mid-life is when you go to the doctor and you realize you are now so old,
you have to pay someone to look at you naked.

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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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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