FRESHWATER FISHING
October 13, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.20

Special Newsletter - Sorry this is so long, but we have a great new program at About.com - check it out, then look at all the links below!

To all you webmasters out there, I would like to call your attention to About.com's newly launched Affiliate Program (http://affiliates.about.com), which will prove to be the most dynamic and unique program on the web. By signing up you can link to content available here within my site, plus you'll be able to draw upon the creativity and knowledge of hundreds of my fellow Guides to make your Web site the best it can be.

Here's how it works. On your Web site you can place specific text-links and banners that will link directly to my site and any others that you may choose to affiliate with. You will also have the ability to add search boxes, which can search exclusively within my site or search all of About.com. And better still, not only will you be enhancing the overall functionality of your site, but About.com will pay $0.06 for each qualified click-through.

Signing up is easy. Just visit the program at http://affiliates.about.com, read the About.com Affiliate Program agreement, and fill out an application. Once approved, you will receive an email from us formally welcoming you into the About.com Affiliate Program.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail the program at affiliates@about-inc.com.

Now for the fishing stuff!

Chat Room
Bait Tank Filter
Archived Articles
Archived Fishtales
Braggin' Board
Trivia Contest
BIG Saltwater Fish
Ban Bait Fishing?
Bait Recipes
Ben Baker's Drivel
Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Jigs
Joke #1
Weekly Tip
Forum Contest
Events
Thought for Week
Fishing The Net
Bonus Joke
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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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Forum Discussion - Bait Tank Filter - http://forums.about.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ab-fishing&msg=204.1 - Any ideas on building one? Check those here and add your own.
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Feature Articles - Check out articles from:
1999 - http://fishing.about.com/travel/outdoors/fishing/library/weekly/mpreviss.htm
1998 - http://fishing.about.com/travel/outdoors/fishing/library/weekly/mprev98.htm
1997 - http://fishing.about.com/travel/outdoors/fishing/library/weekly/mprev97.htm
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Fishtales - All past fishtales are archived at: http://fishing.about.com/travel/outdoors/fishing/library/weekly/blfishtaleslib.htm
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Bragging Board - Check out all the pictures sent in by readers at: http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm
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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 10/11 - 10/17, An About.com Tee Shirt. - All correct answers received during the week, before noon on Sunday, will be placed in a drawing for the prize
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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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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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Site of the Week - Bait Recipes - http://www.lake-online.com/fishinhole/baitrecipes.html - from Lake Online, recipes for several fish species.
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Ben Baker's Drivel - Subscribe - 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 - 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 - The last four US Presidents are caught in a tornado, and off they spin to OZ. After threatening trials and tribulations, they finally make it to the Emerald City and come before the Great Wizard. "WHAT BRINGS YOU BEFORE THE GREAT WIZARD? WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Jimmy Carter steps forward timidly: "I had a terrible time with Iran, so I've come for some courage." "NO PROBLEM" says the Wizard, "WHO IS NEXT?" Ronald Reagan steps forward, "Well.., Well.., Well.., I need a brain." "DONE" says the Wizard. "WHO COMES NEXT BEFORE THE GREAT WIZARD?" Up steps George Bush sadly, "I'm told by the American people that I need a heart." "I'VE HEARD IT'S TRUE" says the Wizard. "CONSIDER IT DONE." Then there is a great silence. Bill Clinton is just standing there, looking around, not saying a word. Irritated, the Wizard finally asks, "WELL, WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THE EMERALD CITY?" " Where's Dorothy?"
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Tip of the Week - Practice casting. I am always amazed at how accurate pro fishermen are when they flip or pitch, and how effortless they make it look. I am also often amazed at how inaccurate other fishermen are when they cast. You should be able to hit a six inch circle with a flip or pitch, and your bait should enter the water without a splash. You will catch more fish if you learn to put your bait in the exact right spot and do it without any noise.
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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

10/11/99 through 10/17/99 - Prize this week, An About.com Tee Shirt
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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 - If genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration, I must be sharing elevators with a lot of bright people.
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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 - Living to 100 - A man asked his doctor if he thought he'd live to be a hundred. The doctor asked the man, "Do you smoke or drink?" "No," he replied, "I've never done either." "Do you gamble, drive fast cars, and fool around with women?" inquired the doctor. "No, I've never done any of those things either." "Well then," said the doctor, "what do you want to live to be a hundred for?"
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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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