FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER
February 3, 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 - Flathead Tips- http://wwwebresults.com/fishingus/flatheadtips.html
- How to catch these ugly fish, from Robby Robinson, with pictures.
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This Week's Feature: - Pro Secrets - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa020199.htm
- Do the pros have special talents that help them catch fish?
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Joke for this Week - More Evidence That This World Is Full Of Complete
Idiots -A company trying to continue its five-year perfect safety record
showed its workers a film aimed at encouraging the use of safety goggles
on the job. According to Industrial Machinery News, the film's depiction
of gory industrial accidents was so graphic that twenty-five workers suffered
minor injuries in their rush to leave the screening room. Thirteen others
fainted, and one man required seven stitches after he cut his head falling
off a chair while watching the film.
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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 1/31 - 2/7, 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
- 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 - Check the water in your batteries - charging and
discharging takes water out of the battery - check it regularly so you
don't run out of juice on the lake!
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Fishtale This Week: - Pickwick Sauger -
http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990201.htm - Jim Pope
shows off his catch with pictures, and tells how he caugth them.
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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
1/31/99 through 2/7/99 - 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 - If you give him a penny for his thoughts,
you'd get change.
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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 - Even more idiot evidence - The Chico, California, City
Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone
detonating one within city limits.
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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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