FRESHWATER FISHING NEWSLETTER
November 18, 1998
Ronnie Garrison
Freshwater Fishing Guide at The Mining Co
http://fishing.about.com
Suggestions, comments, complaints, tips, jokes, site suggestions and ideas
welcome at fishing.guide@about.com
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Site of the Week -Boat Owners World - http://www.boatowners.com/welcome.htm
- Categories from marinas and charters to fishing and magazines.
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Joke for this Week - The Darwin Awards #1. In September in Detroit,
a 41-year-old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of water after squeezing
head first through an 18-inch wide sewer grate to retrieve his car keys.
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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 11/15 - 11/22, again this week-A pack of Gary Yamamoto Lizards
and a pack of Crawdads, donated by them.Visit their site at http://www.yamamoto.baits.com.
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 EST 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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This Week's Feature: -Depthfinders - http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/aa111698.htm
- Links to Lowrance and Hummingbird, as well as sites with info on
using depthfinders from boats and through the ice, and more.
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Tip of the Week - Get a good rainsuit! A trip last Saturday to Lake
Lanier for a Georgia Outdoor News article required me to be out in the
rain fishing for four hours. Many years ago I bought a good rain parker
from American Clearwater. I had to put some seal on the seams this year,
but that parker has kept me dry for over 20 years now. And it is big enough
to go over a snowmobile suit, an important consideration during the cold
weather!
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Fishtale This Week: - Great Flipping Stick-
http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/bl981116.htm - Jim Pope
explains how he came up with a better flipping stick by combining golf
and fishing!
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Message Boards - Every post 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
post from one Sunday NOON (this is
a change) to the next in a 'hat' and draw one as the winner. 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. I will use the 'Show Post from 1 week' button to select the posts for the contest. All the details and a list of past winners can be found at http://fishing.about.com/library/weekly/blboardcontest.htm
11/15/98 through 11/22/98 - Prize - Again
this week - A pack of Gary Yamamoto Lizards
and a pack of Crawdads, donated by them.Visit their site at http://www.yamamoto.baits.com.
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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 - Everyone is entitled to my opinion.
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Right Click Trick - Having trouble bookmarking a site you find through
The Mining Co because the URL doesn't show? This is a problem with
frames. Right click your mouse and the page url you are viewing should
show. Then you can copy it and book mark it. Sorry for the trouble.
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Bonus Joke - Darwin Award #2. In October, a 49-year-old San Francisco
stockbroker, who "totally zoned when he ran," according to his
wife, accidentally jogged off a 200-foot high cliff on his daily run.
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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. 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
Feel free to send this to other fishermen - or anybody else with a
warped sense of humor!
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