FRESHWATER FISHING
September 8, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.14

Tackling An Orderly Tacklebox
More fishing tips from Jim Pope
Ben Baker's Drivel
Bob Bush's Striper
Forum Discussion
Win A Book
Member Page
DebraJo's Outdoor Friends - with URL this time!
Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Jigs
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This Week's Feature - Tackling An Organized Tacklebox - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa090699.htm - Do you keep your tackle in good order?
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Fishtale This Week: - More Fishing Innovations - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990906.htm - Jim Pope shares some more of his secrets!
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Ben Baker's Drivel - http://www.csunet.net/~pliny - Ben says "Get yer dose of drivel weekly Free email versions of Ben Baker's Award winning column." Don't know what award he won, but this is funny outdoor stuff! Please mention you were refered by fishing.guide@about.com and I will get one of his books free - which I will give away here in a contest!
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Bragging Board - Bob Bush's Striper - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm - Saltwater guide Ron Brooks helped Bob catch this nice Coosa River striper.Bet he caught it on a Jim Pope Granddaddy Jig!
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Forum Discussion - Nixon's St. Clair Win Illegal - http://forums.about.com/ab-fishing/messages/?msg=179.1&ctx=0 Did Larry Nixon break the law and win this BASS tournament illegally?
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Win A Book - Win "Bass Fishing In Georgia" by Jimmy Jacobs - ttp://about.delphi.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ab-fishing&msg=161.5 - Tell me why you want to win this book - I will choose the one I like best and they will win the book. Contest ends Monday, September 6th at noon! Winner - Ctenoid - He appealed to the school principal in me! New contest shortly!
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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 - Debra Jo's Outdoor Friends - http://www.debrajo.com/Fishing/fishinghome.html
Lots of good info from instruction for beginners to family pictures. I somehow left out the link last week. Check out this site - it is a good one!
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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 - TAKE CHARGE - The timid man had been advised by his psychiatrist to go home and assert himself. "Don't let your wife bully you anymore. Go home and show her who's the boss." So, the timid soul went home, banged the door shut, and said in a loud voice, "Now get this! From now on, I'm the boss in this joint, and I'm giving the orders and you're obeying them. Now get busy and get my supper on the table right away and after that, lay out my clothes because I'm going out tonight -- alone -- in my tuxedo. And do you know who's going to dress me in my tuxedo and black tie?" "Yes, dear," replied the wife softly, "the undertaker."
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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 9/6 -9/12, A bag of plastic worms.- 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 - Organize your tackle box so you can find what you want to fish with without wasting too much time. This also helps you keep up with what yoiu have and know what to replace! Do as I say, not as I do!
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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

9/6/99 through 9/12/99 - Prize this week, A bag of plastic worms
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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 - Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier that putting it back in there
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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 -Quick Wit: There were 11 people hanging onto a rope that came down from a plane. Ten were blonde, and one was a brunette. They all decided that one person should get off because if they didn't then the rope would break and everyone would die. No one could decide who should go, so finally the brunette said, "I'll get off." After a really touching speech from the brunette saying she would get off, all of the blondes started clapping.

Problem solved.
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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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