Ray Scott, the father of modern bass fishing, has died
Ray Scott passed away on Sunday May 8th at around 11:30 p.m. He died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes. Scott was 88 years old.
Ray Scott passed away on Sunday May 8th at around 11:30 p.m. He died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes. Scott was 88 years old.
This is the first Ray Scott tournament, which he held right before he founded B.A.S.S.
B.A.S.S. would not have gotten off the ground or gone as far as it did without Ray Scott, who a number of veteran anglers say was absolutely the right man...
This week Ray Scott’s first bass tournament turns golden. It’s the 50th anniversary of the B.A.S.S. founder’s inaugural event. On June 5, 1967, the All-American Invitational Bass Tournament launched on...
Joe Mosby is the former Outdoors Editor of the Arkansas Gazette. He held that position for more than 30 years. In that time, he covered 26 Bassmaster Classics from 1974 to 1999.
When Ray Scott founded the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society in 1968, he laid out the "B.A.S.S. Purposes."
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