I know it’s a private party in a sense, but for someone who’s immersed in the fishing deal, not making it to ICAST (International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades) next week in Orlando is a little disappointing.
Oh, I have my badge in hand, my media credential, but without the same connections with Western Outdoors Publications, I’m going to have to rely on my “special agent” to pass the word around about KramerGoneFishing.com. I can’t tell you how gratifying it is to have such friends.
However, given the kind of response you viewers have shown to this site, I think by the time next summer comes again and the show is back in Las Vegas, I will be trekking the aisles and hitting all the press conferences like the old days. And with a little better economy, I’ll try to offer even more…like some even cooler prizes for the web contests.
Of course, staying home doesn’t mean you won’t see some of the newest stuff right here. The magic of the Internet may not actually let you hold that new NASA-inspired, gravity-defying Day-Glo wake bait up in your hands, but at least you’ll be able to see a picture of it and read the press releases (if ever such a bait is actually invented). Sorry.
On the other hand, we have a potential world record bass tale to chew on and that can be sticky enough. Some recent intel suggests the Japanese angler Manabu Kurita is a known “big bass hunter.” Just that thought, based on the behavior of his ilk in this country, should create ample fodder to impune a foreign citizen. Isn’t that the American way?
But hey, when it comes to villains, why go looking overseas? No one could ever top the Metropolitan Water District.