FRESHWATER FISHING
October 6, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.19

Oil It Up
Trout Farm Tricks
Jim Pope On Kentucky Lake
Saltwater Braggin" Board
Forum Discussion
Bass Alley
Marietts Bassmasters
Ban Live Bait?
Ben Baker's Drivel
Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Jigs
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This Week's Feature - Oil It Up - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa100499.htm - A new product will keep your reel running smooth!
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Fishtale This Week - Trout Farm Tricks - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl990927.htm - Kathy Dillon Stevens tells how to catch them.
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Bragging Board - Jim Pope- http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm - Jim landed a good Ky Lake largemouth last March on one of his jigs.
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Saltwater Guide Ron Brooks - http://saltfishing.about.com/sports/fishhunt/saltfishing/msubbrag.htm - Like pictures of big fish? Check out this bragging board!
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Forum Discussion - Roll Your Own - http://forums.about.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ab-fishing&msg=195.6 - Do you make your own tackle?
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Sites of the Week -
Bass Alley - http://www.vsps.com/newbass3.htm - Canyon Lake, AZ - Lots of good info about that area.
Marietta Bassmasters - http://www.mindspring.com/~mariettabassmast - An organization of, for, and by bass fishermen.
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Fly Fishing Guide Ian Scott - http://flyfishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa100199.htm - Studies show live bait causes problems - should it be banned?
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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! Subscribe at pliny@csunet.net and use the subject Ronnie Recommends - 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. NEW from Pope's Products -- Striper Bucktails & Grub Heads from 1/2-oz to 2.5-oz. - (http://tnbucktail.addr.com/SaltwaterJigs.htm)"
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Joke for this Week - A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they drew. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's artwork. As she came to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God." The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like." Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing the girl replied, "They will in a minute."
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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 10/03 - 10/10, A bottle of Lanigan Products Militec-1 oil.. - 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 - Try different lines for different situations - Some kinds of lines work better in heavy cover, some for finesse fishing. Try a variety until you find one you like and that works for you. Most big manufacturers like Stren and Trielene make several kinds for different applications. Check them out.
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Message Boards - 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

10/3/99 through 10/10/99 - 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 - This morning I woke up to the unmistakable scent of pigs in a blanket. That's the price you pay for letting the relatives stay over.
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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 blonde woman who had been unemployed for several months finally got a job with Public Works. This was a little old town, so her job was to paint lines down the center of a rural road using a paint brush. The Supervisor told her that she was on probation and that she must stay at or above the set minimum of 2 miles per day of lines. The blonde agrees and starts right away. The Supervisor checked at the end of day one and found that the blonde had completed 4 miles, double the required average. The next day, however, he was disappointed to find that the blonde only accomplished 2 miles. The Supervisor thought, "Well, she's at the average and I don't want to discourage her, so I'll just keep quiet." The third day, the blonde only did one mile and the boss thought, "I need to talk to her before this gets worse." The boss called the blonde in and said, "The first day you did 4 miles, the second day 2 miles and yesterday only 1 mile. Why? Is there an injury? A problem? Equipment failure? What's keeping you from meeting the minimum 2 miles per day?" The blonde replied, "Well, each day I keep getting farther and farther away from the paint bucket!"
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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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