FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER
April 14, 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 - Tim Bermingham's Drift Boat Guide Service
- http://www.driftfish.com/
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Tim says "Love to Fish? Like to learn? Let me guide you to some of
the best fishing for trout, steelhead, salmon, striped and largemouth bass
this area has to offer. During the spring and fall I'll be on the lower
Merced River not far from Yosemite."
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This Week's Feature: Fishing Memories #4- http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa041299.htm
- More memories - Birds and gators stand out in my memory.
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Joke for this Week - An angry wife met her husband at the door.
There was alcohol on his breath and lipstick on his cheek. "I assume,
she snarled, that there is a very good reason for you to come waltzing
in at six o'clock in the morning?" "There is, he replied, breakfast."
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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 4/11- 4/18, two Granddaddy's Jigs and a pack of curly tail
trailers - All correct answers received during the week, before noon
on Sunday, will be placed in a drawing for the prize
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Bonus Site - Fish Stories - http://www.mastersauction.com/fish
- Reader submitted stories, with pictures
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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 - When bass fishing is tough, tie on a confidence
bait and make lots of casts. That worked for me in the Georgia Bass Chapter
Federation Top Six this week. At noon the first day I had not had a strike.
I tied on a Shadrap and cast to every bit of cover I could see. I ended
up with three weighing almost 11 pounds for the day and in sixth place
out of 498 fishermen! Unfortunately, I could not hang on the second day
and dropped to 17th!
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Fishtale This Week: - Mommyfish and Grumpy -http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990407.htm
- Pictures of them, their boat, the big pike and even the minnows!
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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
4/11/99 through 4/18/99 - Prize again this
week, two Granddaddy's Jigs and a pack of curly tail trailers
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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 - Many people will walk in and out of your
> life, > but only true friends will leave > footprints in your
heart.
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Fishing The Net - http://fishing.about.com/msubfishnet.htm
- Each week I feature five to ten sites I have found that week. I get them
from newsgroups, email and surfing the net. Check these sites out - they
change each week and are moved to my library of links at the end of each
week. If you have your own site or a favorite that you would like me to
list, email me!
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Bonus Joke - Her husband has been slipping in and out of a coma
for several months, yet she stayed by his bedside every single day. When
he came to, he motioned for her to come nearer. As she sat by him, he said,
"You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times. When
I got fired, you were there to support me. When my business failed, you
were there. When I got shot, you were by my side. When we lost the house,
you gave me support. When my health started failing, you were still by
my side... You know what?" "What dear?" she asks gently.
"I think you bring me bad luck."
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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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