FRESHWATER FISHING
October 20, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.19
Eating Fish
Fishtales
Affiliate Program
Bryan Hurley
Saltwater Braggin' Board
Forum Discussion
Power Stringer
Dan Washburn's Sporting Life
Ban Live Bait?
Ben Baker's Drivel
Jim Pope's Grandaddy's Jigs
Joke for Week
Trivia Contest
Bonus Contest
Chat Room
Tip of the Week
Forum Contest
Events
Thought for the Week
Fishing the Net
Bonus Joke
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This Week's Feature - Eating Fish - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa101899.htm
- Great ways to cook fish - and how to filet bass, too.
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Fishtales - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishhunt/fishing/library/weekly/blfishtaleslib.htm-
Check out all the Fishtales archived here!
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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),
where you can get paid for click-thrus to my my site. Check it out!
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Bragging Board - Bryan Hurley - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm
- Bryan and his son had a great camping and fishing trip.
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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 - Do Length Limits Work? - http://forums.about.com/n/mb/discussionFrameset.asp?webtag=ab-fishing&ctx=1&cacheTag=&ld=&msg=215.1
- Why do we catch a lot of bass just short of the legal limit?
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Sites of the Week -
Power Stringer - http://www.kings.net/powerstringer
- Keep jars of prepared bait handy and safe with this stringer!
Dan Washburn's Sporting Life - http://www.danwashburn.com/bass.html
- Bass Fishing: Chasing bass, and dreams, on Lake Lanier with George Forrester
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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 - MAJOR AIR DISASTER IN FLORIDA Florida's worst
air disaster occurred today when a small two-seater Cessna 152 plane, piloted
by two Florida Gator students, crashed into a cemetery early this afternoon
on the outskirts of College Station. Gator search and rescue workers have
recovered 300 bodies so far and expect the number to climb as digging continues
into the evening. The pilot and co-pilot survived and are helping in the
recovery efforts.
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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, Two Jim Pope Jigs and a bag of curly tail
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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Is anybody reading this? Everybody that emails me at fishing.guide@about.com
with the subject "Newsletter Tee Shirt" will be in a drawing
for an About.com Tee Shirt. Emails must be received before 8:00 pm Thursday,
October 21, 1999. The first three emails I receive with that subject will
get two Jim Pope Granddaddy Jigs.!
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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 a jig and pig for bigger fish. At a Lake
Martin, AL tournament I won the big fish pot with a 4-7 largemouth that
hit a Jim Pope flipping jig tipped with a Yamamoto Ika. Second biggest
fish in the tournament was a 3-6 spot that hit a Stanley jig and pig, caught
by William Scott, and he also had a 3-5 spot the next day for big fish
that day. William won the tournament with almost 4 pounds more than the
second place fisherman, by fishing the jig and pig.
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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
10/18/99 through 10/24/99 - Prize this week,
Two Jim Pope Jigs and a bag of curly tail 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 - If you get melted chocolate all over your
hands, you're eating it too slowly.
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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 college student writing his dad: Dear Dad, $chool
i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With
all my $tuff, I $imply can`t think of anything I need, $o if you would
like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love,
Your $on
The Reply: Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy
are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit
of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Dad
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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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