BassHole

Although there are a lot of lakes in the Tampa area, they are mostly private lakes with housing developments. There is Lake Tarpon in Pinellas County, probably the biggest and best know public lake. Not one of my favorites, as there is a ton of boat traffic for most of the time you're trying to fish. The next county to the east is polk county, which has some very good public lakes, although you'll have to travel some to get there. Now, if you have any connections, perhaps you can get on some of these private lakes in the Tampa area. There is great fishing, however as stated earlier, you have to gain access. The sea trout, reds and snook are cooperating and would be another opition for catching fish. The gulf is pretty shallow as you'd be fishing whats know as the flats. Something is always biting in saltwater, so you might want to give it a try also. Your bass gear will suffice and just remember to rinse everything off with fresh water. Good luck and here's hoping that you'll be able to get on some of the private waters...

A buddy of mine attended ICAST-2009 and he brought back a brochure for e21...no Boyd Duckett on the brochure that he had; unless perhaps there was a separate brochure for the B.D. GoldStix...so, unless they had new brochures made up in a day or two, then he must have pulled out way before the show and waited to make an announcement until prior to the shows kick-off...also, I was talking to a factory rep from St. Croix about the MoJo and what a nice rod it was for the money...I asked him if knew what was going on concerning the falling out between e21 and Mr. Duckett, to which he replied that Boyd has a very high opinion of himself...just info

Ken Whiting of e21 is a standup guy, so if you do have a problem I'm sure he'll be on top of issues...I had an issue w/ an Airrus rod a few years back and called him at his home; he replaced the rod no questions asked and the only cost to me was the shipping of a piece of the rod which had the rod's information that's located above the reel seat...point being, I would think that he's getting involved w/ the Q/A side and getting to the bottom of the dispute...does anyone know what the issue(s) are/is...I read somewhere where the rod tip was to replaced because of cosmetic reasons, but the rod itself was fine...hey, if you just purchased one, get out and use the heck out of it prior to the one year $50 return cost kicks in...BTW, I will say that I just bought a Gold Stix w/ a 15% discount over the 4th, however, I would not have if the news came out earlier...but, I have faith in Ken W...BH

Hi everyone, I'm just wondering does anyone know of a good & cheap priced online company I can order some bass tackle? It's my big brothers birthday soon and I wana get him some bass fishing stuff. P.S. I'm only 13 so I dont have allot of money.