Quick Quip...

Winter Weedlines So, you look out across the ice and say to your fishing buddy "Where do we start?". The answer, may friend isn't blowin' in the wind, it's where you left off in the summer. Deep weedbeds sprout vegetation all year long, and this is one of the prime areas for panfish and other forage to try and hide under the ice. So get out your GPS, and locate those deep weed-lines. You may be surprised who you find lurking down there!

What's New...

The TFN Fishing Ring is making great strides, with a site or two being added every day! If you have a fishing page on the WWW and haven't applied to join it yet, make sure you do!

We've just about put the new TB2 (Trophy Bass 2) program into place, and we've found someone to look after it. However, we need a couple of volunteers to help out once or twice each week to help oversee on-line events. If you're interested, make sure you let us know by emailing us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

We've added a new feature to many of the Web-zine articles. Beginning with this issue, you'll be able to go directly to the TFN Forums to post a comment or question about the article you're reading. We've even posted a starting comment for each article in the appropriate forum.

Speaking of Forums, we've added a few to the mix. To begin with there's now a Conservation Forum to accept your comments and questions on matters of - guess what - conservation issues. We've also added a Travel Forum for notes about specific trips, and a Forum called Hooked For Life...

...which brings me to our other new item (nice segue, eh?). We're pleased to announce a new relationship with the folks at Hooked For Life and The Reel Kids Fishing Club. Starting with this issue, they'll be providing TFN with some great Web-zine articles for kids, including some neat activity-related material. Check It Out!

This Issue...

In Volume 3, Issue 5, we're introducing another new regular feature, 'TFN Destinations', featuring articles written about some of the better fishing resorts, camps, guides and charter services around. Also, and of particular importance, is an article that was submitted by one of our readers on a different point of view about Catch and Release fishing. I won't comment on it here, but I may meet up with you in the new Conservation Forum about the ideas expressed.

Comment...

Until next issue...
Afrikaans - een plesierige kerfees
Arabic - I'D MIILAD SAID OUA SANA SAIDA
Argentine - Felices Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo
Armenian - Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri - Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque - Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bohemian - Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian - Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton - Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian - Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Chinese - (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Chinese - (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Cornish - Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Cree - Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian - Sretan Bozic
Czech - Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish - Glædelig Jul
Dutch - Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
English - Merry Christmas
Esperanto - Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian - Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Farsi - Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish - Hyvaa joulua
French - Joyeux Noel
Frisian - Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
German - Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek - Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian - Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew - Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi - Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian - Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic - Gledileg Jol
Indonesian - Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi - Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish - Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Italian - Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese - Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean - Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian - Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian - Linksmu Kaledu
Manx - Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori - Meri Kirihimete
Marathi - Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo - Merry Keshmish
Norwegian - God Jul
Papua New Guinea - Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu.
Pennsylvania German - En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish - Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portuguese - Boas Festas
Rapa-Nui - Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rumanian - Sarbatori vesele
Russian - Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Serbian - Hristos se rodi
Slovakian - Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Sami - Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan - La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic - Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian - Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Singhalese - Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak - Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene - Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish - Feliz Navidad
Swedish - God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Tagalog - Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil - Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai - Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish - Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian - Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu - Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese - Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh - Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian - Cestitamo Bozic

Oh yes, and Happy Chanuka

(tight lines, get it wet, good fishin', see you on the ice, etc., etc.).

Scott M. Binnie, Managing Editor