FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER #28
August 12, 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
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Site of the Week - Tips from Fish Fishburn - http://www.basspro.com/protips/fishing/prsffish.htm - Bass Pro Shops offer fishing tips for each month of the year from Fish Fishburn - and a little about this pro and his record.
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Bass Chasers International - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blclub.htm - Join our virtual bass fishing club. Just forming, there are no dues right now. We need your input at this point on club rules, how to have tournaments and other areas. We plan to set up tournaments where you can win free tackle.
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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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This Week's Feature: - Build A Better Minnow Trap - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa081098.htm - Catching little bream for bait can be fun but if you need a lot, make a trap like this.
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Tip of the Week - Try night fishing for bass, crappie, hybrids and other fish. Beat the heat and catch some fish too. Tie up under a bridge, drop a minnow over the side and enjoy. OR work a black worm on a rocky point for bass. Its cooler and the fish feed better too!
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Fishtale This Week: - Great Lands by Jim Pope - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl980810.htm - Jim expresses his feelings for our outdoors.
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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

8/10/98 through 8/17/98 - Prize - A 54 piece panfish kit from Castmaster
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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 seven year old boy was staring up at a large placque that hung in the foyer of the church. After observing the boy for quite some time, the pastor walked up and stood beside him and gazing up at the plaque he said quietly, "Good morning son."

"Good morning pastor" replied the young man not taking his eyes off the plaque. "Sir, what is this?" Johnny asked."Well son, these are all the people who have died in the service", replied the pastor. Soberly, they stood together staring up at the large plaque.

Little Johnny's voice barely broke the silence when he asked quietly, "Which one sir, the 8:30 or the 10:30?"
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Thought for the Week - A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a work station....
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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. 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 - or anybody else with a warped sense of humor!
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