FRESHWATER FISHING
June 30, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.7

Online Catfish
Best Fishing Trip Ever
Gord Gallant - Walleyed
Forum Discussion
Member Page
Anglers' Net
Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Jigs
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This Week's Feature: Online Catfish - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa062899.htm - Catfish sites, all kinds of info from baits to recipes!
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Fishtale This Week: - Best Fishing Trip Ever - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990628.htm - Eric Griffin had his best fishing trip of his life, so far, thanks to his coach!
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Bragging Board - Walleyed - Gord Gallant - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm -Walleyed shows how he got his name.
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Forum Discussion - Animal Rights Nuts - http://forums.about.com/ab-fishing/messages/?msg=84.1&ctx=1- They want to stop your fishing - put in your two cents worth!
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Member Page - Make your own page! Visit the http://fishing.miningco.com/gi/membership/join.htm, put in a little info and become a member of this site. You can make your own page then - check out one at http://members.about.com/TFrench. This will register you for the Delphi boards, too. Get in to the discussions there, and post to enter the contest there for a cap this week!
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Site of the Week - Anglers' Net - http://www.anglersnet.co.uk - Articles from professional writers and lots of other info from this UK site.
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Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Bucktail Jigs - http://homestead.com/tnbucktail/Bucktails.html - You have read about them here and some of you have won some. Now you can order them. Check out his page.
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Joke for this Week - A wife asks her husband, "Honey, if I died, would you remarry?" "After a considerable period of grieving, I guess I would. We all need companionship." "If I died and you remarried," the wife asks, "would she live in this house?" "We've spent a lot of money getting this house just the way we want it. I'm not going to get rid of my house. I guess she would." "If I died and you remarried, and she lived in this house," the wife asks, "would she sleep in our bed?" "Well, the bed is brand new, and it cost us $2,000. It's going to last a long time, so I guess she would." "If I died and you remarried, and she lived in this house and slept in our bed, would she use my golf clubs?" "Oh, no," the husband replies. "She's left-handed."
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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 6/27 -7/4, .a buzzbait - slightly used, and 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 EDT 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 - Watch for mayfly hatches and take advantage of them. Last Saturday at Bartlett's Ferry Lake, every bush on the bank was black with bugs. Shaking the bush would send thousands of mayflies into the air - and water! The bream would almost turn over the boat hitting them. A small spinner or plug would get hit immediately, and I am sure a fake mayfly on a flyrod would work evern better. Watch for hatches and take advantage of them!
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Message Boards - You will have to re-register for the new boards. If you sign up to join, you should be registered for the new boards. If you have problems, let me know.

Every visit 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 visitor's name from one Sunday NOON to the next in a 'hat' and draw one as the winner. Every log-in will be counted as one visit, so the more times you visit the board, the more chances you have to win! 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. All the details and a list of past winners can be found at http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blboardcontest.htm

6/27/99 through 7/4/99 - Prize this week, A Rat-L-Trap and a pack of Gary Yamamoto Crawdads, 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 - We have enough gun control. We need more idiot control
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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 - I just got skylights put in my place. The people who live above me are furious.
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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. Feel free to post information about your site, with a hotlink, to my boards at http://fishing.about.com/mpboards.htm. 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
http://fishing.about.com
ISSN01229
Feel free to send this to other fishermen - or anybody else with a warped sense of humor!
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