FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER
January 20, 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 - Blue Mar - http://bluemar.com/
- makers of the Hook Shield - a good way to keep sharp hook points from
sticking things you don't want stuck!
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This Week's Feature: - Winter Crappie - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa011899.htm
- Have fun catching a mess of fine eating fish this time of year.
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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 plane and home. When they took it for
a float on the River, they were quite surprised by a Coast Guard helicopter
coming towards them. It turned out that the chopper was homing in on the
emergency locator that is activated when the raft is inflated. They are
no longer employed there.
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Fishing Pictures - Like pictures of folks with fish? Check out the
new library of links for Clip Art and Pictures - http://fishing.about.com/msubpictures.htm
- Eric helped find the links - some nice fish are shown! Arranged alphabetically
by fish - from bass to walleye!
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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 1/17 - 1/25, - A hook shield from BlueMar - keeps sharp hook
points from sticking you! Checkout their site at http://bluemar.com/
for more info. 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 - If the air is warmer than the water and a warm
rain is falling, head to shallow pockets right off the channel. Tommy Holloway
and Russ Hamiliton showed me this pattern Sunday at Clark's Hill - we landed
21 bass up to five pounds! On Saturday, Russ had fished this pattern and
weighed in 5 at 18.8 pounds, including a 9 pound, 13 ounce monster. And
he and his partner finished second! More info and pictures in next week's
article.
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Fishtale This Week: - Baked Hybrid with Bacon and Onion -
http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990118.htm
- David Bass says this is a fantastic way to cook hybrids.
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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
1/17/99 through 1/25/99 - Prize - A pack
of Gary Yamamoto Big Ika's and a pack of Twin T's Skirts, donated by them.Visit
their site at http://www.yamamoto.baits.com
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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 - Don't worry about bitin' off more than you
can chew. Your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger'n you think.
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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 - I am a medical student currently doing a rotation in
toxicology at the poison control center. Today, this woman called in very
upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured
her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her
daughter into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation
happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in
order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter in
to the Emergency room right away.
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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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