The "Bass Boss," Ray Scott
Set for Raleigh Boat Show

RALEIGH, North Carolina - Ray Scott, the founder of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) and the man who changed bass fishing from a weekend recreation to a big time professional sport, will headline a list of outdoor celebrities appearing at the Raleigh Boat Show, January 5-7, 2001.

Scott of Pintlala, Alabama will be on hand Friday and Saturday (January 5-6) at the wall-to-wall boat show in the Jim Graham Building on the Raleigh State Fairgrounds. Scott's appearance is scheduled with Boats Unlimited in the Triton Boats display.

"Mr. Bass will be in our booth to sign autographs and talk bass fishing and bass boats with showgoers stopping by the Boats Unlimited exhibit," according to David Perry, who is hosting Scott's Raleigh appearance as a representative for Triton Boats of Ashland City, Tennessee.

"Bass fishermen can see fully-rigged models and examine fishing features on the Triton bass boats being used by some of the best known pros on the professional Tournament Trail," points out Perry. "Anglers, like nine-time B.A.S.S. Angler-of-the-Year Roland Martin; BASS Masters Classic world champion Davy Hite; TNN's fishing show host Shaw Grigsby, Jr.; B.A.S.S. MegaBucks champion Ron Shuffield, and veteran North Carolina pro Guy Eaker of Cherryville are running Tritons, which has become the No. 1 selling bass boat in the country."

A special appearance at the Raleigh Boat Show will be Earl Bentz, president of Triton Boats, a former world champion boat racer and designer of Triton's super high-performance hulls.

"If you have any questions about bass boating or setting up a bass rig, here's the opportunity to talk to the expert," says David Perry of Boat Unlimited. "We're excited about Triton's new designs."

"Triton's ride is smooth," adds Ray Scott. "The new TR-22 is a bigger boat - 22-footer - for a smoother ride, regardless of the conditions."

Scott, who pioneered the pro bass fishing sport in 1967 with his All-American Invitational Bass Tournament at Beaver Lake, Arkansas, built the B.A.S.S. organization into a worldwide corps of over 650,000 members. His Bassmaster Magazine publication is recognized as the "Bible of Bass Fishing."

The Bassmaster Tournament Trail Scott created is the yardstick by which all pro fishing tournaments are measured. Scott wrote the original rules and guidelines of bass tournament competition.

In 1998, Scott left the Montgomery, Alabama-based B.A.S.S. organization to form Ray Scott Outdoors™, a marketing and consulting group for the fishing and marine industry.

Scott serves as national spokesman for Triton Boats, Mercury Outboards, MotorGuide trolling motors and Sporting Lives, the manufacturer of the U.S. Coast Guard-approved inflatable life vest SOSPENDERS, headquartered in Fruitland, Idaho.

The story of Ray Scott's founding of B.A.S.S. and the growing bass fishing industry he created is told in Bass Boss, a biographical account written by Robert H. Boyle, a Sports Illustrated writer. Autographed copies of the book will be made available during Scott's appearance in the Boats Unlimited booth. For information on how-to order Bass Boss by mail phone toll free 1-800-518-7222.

"Naturally, being here with Boats Unlimited and Triton Boats we invite Raleigh-area bassers to see what all the excitement is about the new Tritons," says Scott. "With innovative designs by Earl Bentz, Triton's high-performance hulls just keep improving. Engineering and craftsmanship are the best."

"Triton: The Inside Story" is a video tour of the Triton manufacturing facility near Nashville, Tennessee. The video will be available in the Boats Unlimited display for viewing. "Triton's boats are built to last," says David Perry. "They're wood free. Nothing to rot." The Triton dealership is located at 909 Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh.

For a free VHS copy of the Triton factory tour, conducted by Ray Scott, himself, write: Triton Boats, 15 Bluegrass Drive, Ashland City, TN 37015