FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER #6
Februray 25, 1998
Ronnie Garrison
Freshwater Fishing Guide at The Mining Company
http://fishing.about.com
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Site of the Week - 1-800 numbers for tackle manufacturers http://www.cba.uiuc.edu/~rtaylor/fish/800.htm
Free calls to many tackle manufacturers. If you ever have a problem or need to ask a question of a manufacturer, this is the place to start.
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Chat Room - http://fishing.about.com/mpchat.htm.
Always open, I host on Wednesday nights from 8 to 9 pm. Hope to see you there tonight. Drop in chats every night from 8 to 9 pm There is a specific topic each night so be sure to come by if that interests you. Discussions will not be limited just to that topic, but it will be the focus.
Sunday - Carp, Bowfin, Gar and other nongame fighting fish
Monday - Ice Fishing
Tuesday - Walleye
Wednesday - General Chat
Thursday - Bass
Friday - Catfish
Saturday - Panfish like Bream and Crappie
Let me know what you think about this schedule and changes you would like to make. 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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This Week's Feature: "Knot Tying" http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa980223.htm - Learn to tie a good knot, tie it right every time, and make sure you land that "great ole big un." Several knots work but you must tie them right.
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Tip of the Week - Last weekend in a club tournament the rain started at 9:30 am. I don't mind fishing in the rain but this winter storm had lightning with it. When the thunder started rumbling way off to the south, I got uneasy. When I saw the first flash of lightning I pulled the boat under a nearby boat house and stayed there for two hours. I may be a chicken when it comes to lightning, but I won't be a fried chicken! Get off open water when lightning is in the area!
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Fishtale This Week: "Gigging Gar" http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl980223.htm
Terry Willmann tells how he and some friends have some fun on a summer night.
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Message Boards are available at http://fishing.about.com/mpboards.htm
Use them to post any questions. There are sevearl active threads on fishing on various lakes from stripers at Liner to crappie on West Point an Clark's Hill, and bass on West Point and Jackson. Check it out for some timely info and add your own.
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Help - I am in the process of checking all my links and uploading the corrected files. If you find a dead link. please let me know.
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Joke for this Week - Four strangers traveled together in the same compartment of an European train. Two men and two women faced each other. One Woman was a very wealthy and sophisticated 70 year old lady who was decked out in the finest of furs and jewelry. Next to her sat a beautiful young woman, nineteen yrs. old-who looked like something right off the cover of a fashion magazine. Across from the older lady was a very mature looking man in his mid-fifties who was a highly decorated colonel in the air force. And next to the colonel sat a young airman fresh out of basic training.

As these four strangers traveled, they talked and chatted about trivial things until they entered an unlighted tunnel, and there they sat in complete darkness and total silence, until the sound of a distinct kiss broke the silence; following the kiss a loud slap could be heard throughout the cabin. In the ensuing period of silence the four strangers sat quietly with their own thoughts.

The older lady was thinking, "Isn't it wonderful that even in this permissive day and age there are still young women who have a little self-respect and dignity?" The young woman, shaking her head and greatly puzzled, asked herself, "Why in the world would any man in his right mind want to kiss an old fossil like that when I'm sitting here?" The colonel, rubbing his sore face, was outraged that any woman could ever think that a man in his position would try to sneak a kiss in the dark. And the airman, grinning from ear to ear, was thinking, "What a Crazy and mixed up world this is when a airman can kiss the back of his hand and smack a colonel in the face!"
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Thought for the Week - If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of progress????????
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Right Click Trick - Having trouble bookmarking a site you find through The Mining Company because the URL doesn't show? This a problem with frames. Right click your mouse and the page you are viewing should show. Then you can copy it and book mark it. Sorry for the trouble.
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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. 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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Question - I got an email saying they got dropped by their ISP when they clicked on links in this newsletter. Anyone else had that problem? Please let me know so I can check it out if this a problem.
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and unscribe, or hit reply, type UNSCRIBE in the message area and hit send. I will remove you from the list. You can also subscribe at this same address.
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Good fishing!
Ronnie
fishing.guide@about.com
Feel free to send this to other fishermen.
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