Sounds like you are missing the stem piece that slides into that hole you are talking about. The stem piece has the bowl and it's what you pull out to shotgun the smoke from the bong.
sawleaf Reviewed by sawleaf on . Need Bong Advice Hi, i ordered a bong which arrived today and its cool but it seems to me that if i put my weed in the bowl now it would fall straight into the water as theres a hole there... what am i suppose to have or do? Rating: 5