FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER #31
September 2, 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 - Conversion Chart - http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~srobbins/Conversion.html
- Length to weight conversion chart for Striped Bass and Bluefish
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Site Update - New aisles in Library of Links! I have added several
pages - Guides, Outfitters and Charters - http://fishing.about.com/msubguides.htm
- Listed by state. Contact me to get your service added if it isn't
listed.
Animal Rights Propaganda - http://fishing.about.com/msubanimrghts.htm
- These flakes want to eliminate fishing - just read the stuff listed here.
New York - Thanks to Eric Griffin I have finally finished another
state list - http://fishing.about.com/msubnewyork.htm
- everything you ever wanted to know about fishing in NY - Eric contracted
with me to find the basic links I needed for this list. If you are interested
in doing this, contact me, I can pay a tiny amount - lots of fun, lots
of work, very little money.
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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: -Fishing Games -
http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa083198.htm - Hand held games,
software and online games, links to downloads and reviews of them. Also
some info about software that helps you learn about fishing.
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Tip of the Week - Join a bass club - or a fishing club of some kind.
I joined my first bass club in 1974 and am still in it. You can meet lots
of good folks, learn about your favorite fish, and have lots of fun. Check
to see if one near you has a web page - http://fishing.about.com/msubbassclub.htm.
Contact me if your club is not listed.
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Fishtale This Week: - The Big One - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl980831.htm
- Eric Griffin tells a reel eel story about the lure that almost got
away.
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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
8/31/98 through 9/7/98 - Prize - Spinnerbait and pack
of curly trailers
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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 - Seems that a year ago, some Boeing employees
on the field decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were
successful in getting it out of the plant and home. When they took it for
a float on the Stilliguamish River, they were quite surprised by a coast
guard helicopter homing in on the emergency locator that is activated when
the raft is inflated. They are no longer employed there.
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Thought for the Week - If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the
rest have to drown too?
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Bass Chasers International - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blclub.htm
- Join our virtual bass fishing club. Check out the first tournament
at http://accessmetro.com/family/bci1.htm
- 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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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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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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