FRESHWATER FISHING
July 21, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.10

Netting Crappie
Who Says There Is No Good News?
California Trout
Forum Discussion
Bookstore
Member Page
BC Nymph Company
Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Jigs
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This Week's Feature - Netting Crappie - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa071999.htm - Crappie fishing can be productive year round, no matter what you call them.- .
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Fishtale This Week: - Who Says There Is No Good News? - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990718.htm - Terry Yorker has an inspirational story
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Bragging Board - California Trout - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm - The Lambert family shows off a trout they landed.
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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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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 - Fishingworld.co.uk - http://www.fishingworld.co.uk - Online magazine for salt and freshwater fishing in the UK
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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 - Lawyer Joke - A man walked into a lawyer's office and inquired about the lawyer's rates. "$50.00 for three questions", replied the lawyer. "Isn't that awfully steep?" asked the man. "Yes," the lawyer replied, "and what was your third question?"
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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 7/18 -7/25, a Strike King 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 - Fish at night - Bass, crappie, walleye and others feed at night. Fishing for them in the dark this time of year is much more comfortable! Tie up under a bridge with a light over the side for crappie and others. Fish rocky points and lighted docks for bass. Try the deep holes where walleye live for them. Live bait works great at night, but you can catch fish on artificials, too. Give it a try.
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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

7/18/99 through 7/25/99 - Prize this week, a Strkie King 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 - Stop repeat offenders. Don't re-elect 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 - Another Lawyer Joke - Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, an honest lawyer and an old drunk are walking down the street together when they simultaneously spot a hundred dollar bill. Who gets it? The old drunk, of course; the other three are mythical creatures
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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
ISSN: 1525-8939
Feel free to send this to other fishermen - or anybody else with a warped sense of humor!
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