FRESHWATER FISHING
September 15, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.16

Ode To A Bucktail
Trick Worm Tricks
Carter's Lake Spots
Forum Discussion
Member Page
Boreal Camp Outfitters
Ben Baker's Drivel
Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Jigs
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This Week's Feature - Ode To A Bucktail - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa091399.htm - Jim Pope's jigs catch fish! One saved the day for me.
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Fishtale This Week: - Trick Worm Tricks - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990913.htm - Marvin Adams shares some of his tricks.
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Bragging Board - Carter's Lake Spots - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm - Guide Jeff Hughes and Ronnie with soem bass.
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Forum Discussion - What is your favorite trolling motor - ttp://about.delphi.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ab-fishing&msg=176.1 is the composite shaft as good as metal?
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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 - Boreal Camp Outfitters - http://www.northweb.sk.ca/boreal - They will fly you in to a lake where the fishing is great! In northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
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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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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 - Hillary dies and goes to Heaven where she meets St. Peter. She notices that there are clocks everywhere. She asks St. Peter "why are there so many clocks here?" St. Peter tells her that each clock represents a person on earth and that every time a person tells a lie, the clock ticks off one second. St. Peter explains that the one clock has never moved because it belonged to mother Theresa and she never told a lie her whole life. The next clock belonged to Abraham Lincoln and since he only told two lies his whole life, only two seconds had clicked.

Hillary asks, "Where is Bill's clock?" St. Peter says, "Bill's clock is upstairs in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan."
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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 9/12 -9/19, Two Jim Pope Granddaddy Jigs and a sack of 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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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 - Tune your plugs. Many plugs do not run exactly straight when you first buy them. Try them out when you have time to make adjustments to them. Bend the tie-eye to either side to make it run that direction. Do it before the fish are feeding and you are in a hurry to use it! A plug that runs straight will usually catch more fish.
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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

9/13/99 through 9/19/99 - Prize this week, Two Jim Pope Granddaddy Jigs and a sack of 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 - Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way.
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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 -A State Trooper pulls a car over on a lonely back road and approaches the blonde lady driver. "Ma'am, is there a reason that you're weaving all over the road?" The woman replied, "Oh officer, thank goodness you're here! I almost had an accident. I looked up and there was a tree right in front of me. I swerved to the left and there was another tree in front of me. I swerved to the right and there was another tree in front of me!" Reaching through the side window to the rear view mirror, the officer replied, "Ma'am that's your air freshener."
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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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