FRESHWATER FISHING
October 27, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.22

How To - Jig Spoons
Getting Rules Changed
Affiliate Program
Bill Warman
Fishing Poll
Saltwater Braggin' Board
Forum Discussion
State Line Class Records
Joke for Week
Trivia Contest
Bonus Contest Winners
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 - How To - Jig Spoons - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa102599.htm - Ways that have worked for me jigging a spoon.
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Fishtales - How to Change Rules - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishhunt/fishing/library/weekly/bl991025.htm - Bill Warman tells how they got a rule changed to make it easier to certify record fish.
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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 -Bill Warman - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm - Bill got this 12 pound bass and a certificate for it!
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Fishing Poll - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishhunt/fishing/library/weekly/blpolloften.htm - How often do you fish - How does that compare to others?
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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 - Know anythign about muskie fishing at Lake of the Woods - http://forums.about.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=ab-fishing&msg=10.4 - Add your info here! Are bass really trash fish there?????
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Site of the Week - State Line Class Records - http://www.igfa.org/freshwtr/frshwtrrecords.html
Check out new line class records for each state - enter one for your state if it is open.
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Joke for this Week - Overheard on an American Airlines flight into Amarillo, Texas, on a particularly windy and bumpy day. During the final approach the Captain was really having to fight it. After an extremely hard landing, the Flight Attendant came on the PA and announced, "Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Amarillo. Please remain in your seats with your seat belts fastened while the Captain taxis what's left of our airplane to the gate!
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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 10/25 - 10/31, My last one to give away! -a Superchangeit spinnerbait with four changable skirts - quickly change the color of the skirt you are using. They are great - check out their site at http://www.superchangeit.com/welcome.html - 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? YES!! Carol Lindsey won the tee shirt and jigs went to Robert Spenser, Scott Davis and Don Sabatini! Watch for future special contest here!
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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 - Learn to jig a spoon. Read this week's article for my methods then go out and fine tune them to suite your needs. All kinds of fish will hit a jigged spoon, and the fall and winter is the perfect time to use them.
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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

10/25/99 through 10/31/99 - 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 - Q: What's the best way to call a Tyrannosaurus Rex? A: Long distance!
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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 - An airline pilot wrote that on a particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for flying XYZ airline." He said that, in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment. Finally, everyone had gotten off except for this little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sonny, mind if I ask you a question?" "Why, no, Ma'am," said the pilot, "what is it?" The little old lady said, "Did we land or were we shot down?"
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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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