FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER #26
July 15, 1998
Ronnie Garrison
Freshwater Fishing Guide at The Mining Co
http://fishing.about.com
Suggestions, comments, complaints, tips, jokes, site suggestions and ideas
welcome at fishing.guide@about.com
Guide Vacation - I will be on vacation for two weeks. No newsletters
until 8/5/98!
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Site of the Week - New Fishing Lure - http://bluedog.apana.org.au/~jes/LURE.HTM
- Read how to make a new type lure not available commercially. Interesting
idea.
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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.
Drop in chats every night from 8 to 9 pm. I
try to be there from about 8 to 10 EDT 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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Site Update - I have worked on my library of links for all subjects,
adding new ones and deleting bad ones in almost every category. Please
check them out. Do they provide you what you want? I have bass clubs in
the Organizations category. Should they also be under Bass? Should I have
a separate category for Bass Clubs? How could I change it to make it better
for you? Do you have a favorite link I can add? Please give me feedback
on these issues. Thank you!
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This Week's Feature: -Snakes I Have Known - Part 1-
http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa071398.htm
- Snakes are a part of almost every warm water fishing trip - whether
you see them or not!
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Tip of the Week - Run upriver for bass in hot weather. Last weekend
in a club tournament I found cooler water up the river and found some bass
biting in the current. Try running upriver until you find a current in
the hot summer. The bass will be more active.
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Fishtale This Week: - Fishing With BigAl- http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl980713.htm
- BigAl took me fishing and beat me bad. Here are some pictures to
prove it!
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Message Boards - Every post to the Freshwater
Fishing Board - http://fishing.about.com/mpboards.htm
- during the week is eligible for a prize. Each Monday I will put every
post from one Sunday midnight to the next in a 'hat' and draw one as the
winner. The winner will be notified by email and posted here. There will
be one winner per week.
This contest is, of course, an unabashed attempt to get people to use my boards! The only requirement is that posts must be related to fishing. The board is for fishing info so ask a real question, respond with an answer you know, or post information about a trip you took. They can be original posts or responses to posts. I will use the 'Show Post from 1 week' button to select the posts for the contest. All the details and a list of past winners can be found at http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blboardcontest.htm
7/12/98 through 7/19/98 - Prize - A crankbait and a pack of worms.
Special Contest starting 7-19-98 - I
will be on vacation for two weeks. The contest will run for two weeks.
All who post during the two weeks from 7/19/98 thru 8/2/98 will have their
name put into a drawing for a Plano Outdoor Systems Tackle Box (no utility
boxes). All posts will be put into the drawing, so post often.
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Upcoming Events - There is a calendar of events on my site - http://fishing.about.com/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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Joke for this Week - A man was trying to understand the nature of
God and asked Him: 'God how long is a million years to you?' And God answered:
'A million years is like a minute.' Then the man asked: 'God, how much
is a million dollars to you?' And God replied: 'A million dollars is like
a penny.' Finally the man asked: 'God, could you give me a penny?' And
God said, 'In a minute.'
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Thought for the Week - Never put off until tomorrow what you can
avoid doing altogether.
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HELP - The Mining Co. is making a major effort to insure we are
providing the best possible sites for you. I want to have a site that gives
anyone looking for info on fishing what they want - and make it easy to
find. This should be easy for the beginner fisherman and beginner net user
as well as you pro fishermen and internet users that have been around since
it started.
Please look over my site and tell me what you think. What do I need
to add? Is my library
of links - http://fishing.about.com/mlibrary.htm
- easy to use, does it provide the info you want, how could I make it better?
How about other things like this newsletter, 'fishtales,'
weekly articles, chat, boards and contests. Is my home
page - http://fishing.about.com/
- easy to understand and follow? Please let
me know!!!
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Right Click Trick - Having trouble bookmarking a site you find through
The Mining Co because the URL doesn't show? This is a problem with
frames. Right click your mouse and the page url 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. I would appreciate a link from your site. 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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I hope you find the Freshwater Fishing Newsletter useful. If you do not
want to receive any more issues, you can either go to http://fishing.about.com/gi/pages/mmail.htm
and unscribe, or hit reply, type UNSCRIBE in the message area and hit send.
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Good fishing!
Ronnie
fishing.guide@about.com
Feel free to send this to other fishermen - or anybody else with a
warped sense of humor!
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