FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER
March 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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Special Chat Tonight - On Wednesday, March 10, Jerry Puckett
with Gary Yamamoto Baits will be in the chat room from 9 to 10 EST. Have
any questions about their baits? Want some specific tips for fishing something
they make? Want to see if any of their pro fishermen know some secrets
for the lakes you fish? Make sure you are at http://fishing.about.com/mpchat.htm
tonight at 9 pm!
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Site of the Week - Porta-Bote - http://www.porta-bote.com
- How about a boat that folds up for easy transportation?
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This Week's Feature: - More Unusual Catches - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa030899.htm
- More past catches that stand out in my memory..
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Joke for this Week - A cowboy lay sprawled across three entire seats
in the posh Amarillo theater when the usher came by and noticed him. He
whispered to the cowboy, "I'm sorry, sir, but you're only allowed
one seat." The cowboy groaned but didn't budge. The usher became more
impatient. "Sir, if you don't get up from there, I'm going to have
to call the manager." The cowboy just groaned. The usher marched briskly
back up the aisle. In a moment he returned with the manager. Together the
two of them tried repeatedly to move the cowboy, but with no success. Finally,
they summoned the police. The cop surveyed the situation briefly then asked,
"All right buddy, what's you're name?" "Sam," the cowboy
moaned. "Where ya from, Sam?" With pain in his voice Sam replied.
. . "The balcony."
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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 3/7- 3/14, PRIZE this week, A pack of Gary Yamamoto Ikas, 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 your batteries again! Last Sunday my batteries
went dead during a tournament. Although I had checked them not long ago,
they were only half full of water. Check the water level often before you
have a problem!
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Fishtale This Week: -Living Proof It Works -
http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990308.htm - Jim Pope
gives a testimonial to Gortex rainsuits!
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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
3/7/99 through 3/14/99 - Prize this week,
A pack of Gary Yamamoto Ikas, 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 get to thinkin' you're a person of
some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
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Bonus Joke -From the Darwin Awards - Robert Puelo, 32, was apparently
being disorderly in a St. Louis market. When the clerk threatened to call
the police, Puelo grabbed a hot dog, shoved it into his mouth, and walked
out without paying. Police found him unconscious in front of the store
- paramedics removed the six-inch wiener from his throat where it had choked
him to death.
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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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