FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER
February 10, 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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NEW LOOK - have you noticed the changes to The Mining Co sites???
What do you think? We hope it is easier to use and faster, too! Due to
the changes, my site was not updated this week, so the weekly article is
the same. Look for a new column on ice fishing next Monday! There will
not be any contests for the week of 2/7 thru 2/14. Sorry! Everything will
be back to normal next week. There are new jokes and a new site of the
week in this newsletter.
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Site of the Week - Lehigh River Stocking Association - http://members.aol.com/mzovak/lrsa.html
"A Non-Profit Organization Dedicated to the Restoration and Revitalization
of the Lehigh River"
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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 - What's the difference between a Yankee zoo
& A Southern zoo? On the cage, a Yankee zoo will have the name of the
animal & the scientific name in Latin. A Southern zoo will have the
name of the animal & the recipe...
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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 - If the main lake is muddy, and has been for several
days, check the backs of some of the smaller creeks for more clear water.
Sometimes they have water running in that is in better shape than on the
main lake! Those were the conditions at Lake Blackshear last weekend here.
Also, creeks near the dam may be in better shape than those further up
the river.
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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 - *ALWAYS GIVE 100% AT WORK..... * 12% Monday
* 23% Tuesday * 40% Wednesday * 20% Thursday * 5% Friday
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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 - DARWIN AWARD 5th runner-up: A San Anselmo, California
man died when he hit a lift tower at the Mammoth Mountain ski area while
riding down the slope on a foam pad. 22-year old David Hubal was pronounced
dead at Centinela Mammoth Hospital. The accident occurred about 3 am.,
The Mono County Sheriff's Department said. Hubal and his friends apparently
had hiked up a ski run called Stump Alley and undid some yellow foam protectors
from lift towers said Lt. Mike Donnelly of the Mammoth Lakes Police Department.
The pads are used to protect skiers who might hit towers. The group apparently
used the pads to slide down the ski slope and Hubal crashed into a tower.
It has since been investigated and determined the tower he hit was the
one with its pad removed
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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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