FRESHWATER FISHING
July 14, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.9

Forum Discussion
Bookstore
Crappie Fishing
A Real Blond Story
Louisianna Bass
Member Page
BC Nymph Company
Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Jigs
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Forum Discussion - List your page - http://forums.about.com/ab-fishing/messages/?msg=98.1&ctx=0 - list your page here for all to see - and I will get it indexed, also!
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Bookstore - NOW OPEN - http://fishing.about.com/msubbook.htm - About.com has partnered with Borders books. I have listed a few books I have at home that I like and are available at Borders. Let me know if you have a favorite fishing book you would like to see listed here.
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This Week's Feature (again): You Say Croppie, I'll Say Crappie - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa070599.htm - Crappie fishing can be productive year round, no matter what you call them.- .
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Fishtale This Week: - A Real Blond Story - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990704.htm - Bill Linn tells a story about blonds that might surprise you.
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Bragging Board - Louisianna Bass - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm - Kermit Harson with some more nice bass.
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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. JOIN THREE ABOUT COM SITES AND GET  A TEE SHIRT - 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 - BC Nymph Company - http://www.bcnymph.com/page36.html - Tony's Carp Corner offers info on catch carp on flies - there is lots more to t his site so be sure to click on the Home button at the bottom of the page!
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Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Bucktail Jigs - http://tnbucktail.addr.com - 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 - Justice ------- A dog ran into a butcher shop and grabbed a roast off the counter. Fortunately, the butcher recognized the dog as belonging to a neighbor of his. The neighbor happened to be a lawyer. Incensed at the theft, the butcher called up his neighbor and said, "Hey, if your dog stole a roast from my butcher shop, would you be liable for the cost of the meat?" The lawyer replied, "Of course, how much was the roast?" "$7.98." said the butcher. A few days later the butcher received a check in the mail for $7.98. Attached to it was an invoice that read: Legal Consultation Service: $150
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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 7/11 -718, a Stanley Vibra-Shaft Wedge spinnerbait - 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 - Don't give up! After throwing buzzbaits for three hours last Sunday without catching a keeper, I was about ready to give up. Instead, we ran up the river and caught three keepers on Trick Worms in the next three hours. Better than going to the weigh-in with hands in pocket!
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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

7/11/99 through 7/18/99 - Prize this week, a Stanley Vibra-Shaft Wedge spinnerbait
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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 - How many honest, intelligent, caring men in the world does it take to do the dishes?????? -- ----------- Both of them.
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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 - Flying Around ------------- A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to fly to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said "WHERE AM I?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign read: "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER." The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position. The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because they gave me a technically correct, but completely useless answer."
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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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