Ray Scott, a consummate promoter who helped launch professional bass angling and became a fishing buddy to presidents while popularizing the conservation practice of catching and releasing fish, has ...

The author and Ray Scott at a conference a few years back looking at the first issues of each others’ magazines. Submitted photo Not many people can be credited for developing an entire industry. Ray ...

When Ray Scott founded B.A.S.S. he laid the foundation and erected the framework for solid a platform where careers have been launched, names have been made and many related businesses have thrived.

He turned bass fishing into a professional sport with the championship Bassmaster Classic and other tournaments, using his showmanship skills to excite fans. By Richard Sandomir Ray Scott, an ...

Ray Scott, dubbed the “Father of Modern Bass Fishing” for helping turn a regional leisure sport into an industry with an economic impact of $125 billion per year and related media including magazines, ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A memorial for Ray Scott was held at Frazer Church in Montgomery Tuesday. Scott was known as the “godfather” of bass fishing. He founded the world’s largest fishing group, ...

In the years following completion of the Hoover Dam, the reservoir it created soon gained the attention of anglers who enjoyed pursuing largemouth bass. But credit for establishing Lake Mead as one of ...

Not many people can be credited for developing an entire industry. Ray Scott is one of the few. He built bass fishing into what it is today — the NASCAR of the outdoors. Scott is the father of ...

Ray Scott, the father of modern bass fishing and founder of the Bass Angler Sportsman Society (BASS), died Sunday in his native Alabama. Scott and professional bass fishing are inexorably linked to ...

Not many people can be credited for developing an entire industry. Ray Scott is one of the few. He built bass fishing into what it is today — NASCAR of the outdoors. Scott is the father of competitive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child of the Great Depression, Scott worked for a decade as an insurance salesman before his lightbulb moment came. Rained out ...