FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER
January 6, 1999
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 - Native Fish - http://nativefish.interspeed.net/nfcPics.htm
- Great pictures from the Native Fish Conservancy - one of my favorite
places to find out what an unknown fish looks like!
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This Week's Feature: - Winter Fishing Memories - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa010499.htm
- Some ways I have caught fish this time of year may help you.
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Joke for this Week - Ice Fishing
It was a cold winter day, when an old man walked out onto a frozen lake, cut a hole in the ice, dropped in his fishing line and began waiting for a fish to bite. He was there for almost an hour without even a nibble when a young boy walked out onto the ice, cut a hole in the ice not to far from the old man and dropped in his fishing line. It only took about a minute and WHAM! a Largemouth Bass hit his hook and the boy pulled in the fish.
The old man couldn't believe it but figured it was just luck. But, the boy dropped in his line and again within just a few minutes pulled in another one. This went on and on until finally the old man couldn't take it any more since he hadn't caught a thing all this time. He went to the boy and said, "Son, I've been here for over an hour without even a nibble. You have been here only a few minutes and have caught about half a dozen fish! How do you do it?"
The boy responded, "Roo raf roo reep ra rums rrarm."
"What was that?" the old man asked.
Again the boy responded, "Roo raf roo reep ra rums rarrm."
"Look," said the old man, "I can't understand a word you
are saying."
So, the boy spit into his hand and said, "You have to keep the
worms warm!"
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Trivia Contest - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blcontest.htm
- Answer a trivia question, be entered into a drawing for a prize - prize
the week of 1/3 - 1/10, - A Superchangeit spinnerbait with four changable
skirts - quickly change the color of the skirt you are using. - check out
their site at http://www.superchangeit.com/welcome.html
. All correct answers received during the week, before noon on Sunday,
will be placed in a drawing for the prize
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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 EST 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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Tip of the Week - Never give up - works fishing and deer hunting!
It took me until the last day of the season to see a deer this year, but
then I got two. Many times I have caught a bass in the last few minutes
of a tournament to win or place. Keep trying until the last minute! And
keep thinking. You may realize what to do just before time to quit - but
it is never too late to do the right thing!
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Fishtale This Week: - T.P.'s Fishing Friend -
http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990104.htm - A special
fishing dog always wants to to to the lake!
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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 NOON (this is
a change) 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
1/3/99 through 1/10/99 - Prize - A Superchangeit
spinnerbait with four changable skirts - quickly change the color of the
skirt you are using. - check out their site at http://www.superchangeit.com/welcome.html
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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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Thought for the Week - Those who live by the sword, get shot by
those who don't.
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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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Bonus Joke - A blonde tried to sell her old car. She was having
a lot of problems selling it, because the car had 250,000 miles on it.
One day, she told her problem to a brunette she worked with at a salon.
The brunette told her, "There is a possibility to make the car easier
to sell, but it's not legal." "That doesn't matter," replied
the blonde, "if I only can sell the car." "Okay," said
the brunette. "Here is the address of a friend of mine. He owns a
car repair shop. Tell him I sent you and he will turn the counter in your
car back to 50,000 miles.Then it should not be a problem to sell your car
anymore." The following weekend, the blonde made the trip to the mechanic.
About one month after that, the brunette asked the blonde, "Did you
sell your car?" "No," replied the blonde, "why should
I? It only has 50,000 miles on it."
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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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