FRESHWATER FISHING
December 22, 1999 - Vol. 2, No.29
Brackish Water Fishing
Crappie With A Side of Serpent
Chat Room
Bragging Board
Fishing Poll
Last Minute Christmas Gifts
Forum Discussion
Salt Water Fishing
Hunting
Flyfishing
Freshwater Fish in Danger?
Joke for Week
Trivia Contest
Tip of the Week
Forum Contest
Events
Thought for the Week
Fishing the Net
Bonus Joke
Affiliate Program
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This Week's Feature - Brackish Water Fishing - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/aa122099.htm
- Fish where the salt meets the fresh
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Fishtales - Crappie With A Side of Serpent -
http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/bl991220.htm
- Keith Berry gets more than he bargained for!
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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 ET 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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Bragging Board -Dave Meresik - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blbrb.htm
- Check out Dave's pictures and then send me yours!
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Fishing Poll - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/blpolllist.htm-
What is your favorite spinnerbait? Soft Plastic?
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Last Minute Christmas Gift - Need a suggestion for the fisherman
on your list. Check my1997 article - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/aa120897.htm
- and my 1998 article - http://fishing.about.com/sports/fishing/library/weekly/aa120798.htm
- for ideas.
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Forum Discussion - Keep Quiet! - http://forums.about.com/ab-fishing/messages/?msg=270.1&ctx=0
- Don't even talk about fishing - yoiu might offend somebody!
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Saltwater Fishing - Your Fishing Rights - http://saltfishing.about.com/sports/saltfishing/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm
- Your right to fish could disappear if certain organizations have
their way.
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Hunting -Litterbugs! -http://hunting.about.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm
- For years, we've stood by while they spoiled our wild lands... no more!
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Fly Fishing - 'However' Is An Angling Word - http://flyfishing.about.com/sports/flyfishing/mcurrent.htm
- Doc Knoll's suggestions on fishing Yellowstone, with some 'howevers'
added in.
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Site of the Week - Freshwater Fish in Danger? - http://www.msnbc.com/news/327412.asp?cp1=1
Check out this article showing how we may be losing native fish and other
aquatic species.
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Joke for this Week - Little Known Chocolate Tidbits - just in time
for the holidays - Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and
strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want. - Problem:
How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in hot car. Solution:
Eat it in the parking lot. - Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each
meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less. - A nice
box of chocolates provide your total daily intake of calories in one place.
Isn't that handy? - If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top
of the fridge. Calories are afraid of heights and they will jump out of
the chocolate to protect themselves. - Equal amounts of dark chocolate
and white chocolate is a balanced diet. - The preservatives in chocolate
make you look younger.
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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 12/21 - 12/27, Prize - A crankbait - All correct answers
received during the week, before noon on Sunday, will be placed in a drawing
for the prize
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Tip of the Week - Use a split ring, snap or loop knot on jigging
spoons. Allowing them to swing freely at the end of the line gives them
better action, especially when using heavy line.
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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
12/20/99 through 12/27/99 - Prize this week,
A crankbait
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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 - It takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown
- and fewer still to ignore someone completely.
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ELEVEN Fishing The Net SITES - 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 - From Eric -
I don't know if you've used this one in the newsletter before, but I thought it was a good one, let me know what you think:
Little Johnny, burst into the house, crying his eyes out. His Mama asked him what the problem was. "Pop and I were fishing, and he hooked a giant fish. Really big. Then, while reeling it in, the line busted and the fish got away."
"Now come on, Johnny,"" his mother said, "a big boy like you shouldn't be crying about an accident like that. You should have laughed."
"That's what I did, Mama."
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Affiliate Program - http://affiliates.about.com
- To all you webmasters out there, I would like to call your attention
to About.com's newly launched Affiliate Program where you can get paid
for click-thrus to my my site. Check it out!
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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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