FILE - First lady Barbara Bush holds a mounted bass as a joke with fishing partner Ray Scott at his lake in Pintlala, Ala., on Jan. 1, 1990. A longtime aide said Scott died on Sunday, May 8, 2022, at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Ray Scott, a ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

Outdoor Life and Bassmasters’ Ray Scott will always be inextricably linked. That’s why when news of Scott’s passing came into the OL news desk, it was especially somber news. Scott, best known as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Birmingham, Ala. — 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 ...