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Article: Arkansas has been a natural fit for BASS founder Scott.(OUTDOORS)
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- September 3, 2007
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The most famous photograph in bass fishing took place at the Pine Bluff Convention Center in 1984. That's where Vice President George H. Bush, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and BASS founder Ray Scott posed with Bassmaster Classic champion Rick Clunn, who held up two of the big bass he'd caught from the Arkansas River that day.
"Who would have thought you'd be hobnobbing on a stage with a bunch of smelly fish and two future presidents," Scott laughed.
The Montgomery, Ala., native celebrated his 74th birthday in Arkansas last week, specifically, at Lake Dardanelle State Park. ESPN now owns BASS (Bass Anglers Sportsman Society), but Ray Scott continues to ...