Ahoy! Fort Worth Boat Show Coming 

North Texas Marine hosts
bassin' legends Ray Scott
and Earl Bentz in special
January 18th TRITON Day…

FT. WORTH, Texas - The spring fishing season won't heat up for a few weeks, but for bass anglers and boaters with the winter doldrums the next best thing is the upcoming Fort Worth Boat and Sports Show.

Besides wall-to-wall displays for the newest in bass fishing hulls and rigs, visitors to the North Texas Marine's booth at the Ft. Worth Convention Center, January 18th, have the opportunity to meet and greet two of the legendary names in the modern sport of bass fishing.

Ray Scott, the founder of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.), and Earl Bentz, president and designer of TRITON Boats, will be on hand during Saturday's show hours of 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

"We're inviting bass boat shoppers to come by and take the opportunity to go one-on-one with Earl Bentz, the man behind the high-performance bass boat, and Ray Scott, the man that changed bass fishing from a recreation into a big-time sport," said Joe Wallace of the North Texas Marine, a TRITON dealership.

With Bentz, a former world champion boat racer, TRITON, manufactured in Ashland City, TN, has gained the reputation as a "new breed of bass boat."

"Performance is the key," says Joe Wallace. "Triton's Vortex hull offers an incredibly smooth, dry ride. And, it's built entirely wood-free with 100 percent composite construction."

Wallace says the "flagship" of the TRITON fleet at this year's show is the limited edition Triton Citgo BASS Masters Classic special, the same package the pros are equipped with in the world championship of bass fishing.

"The bass boat of a lifetime" is how Earl Bentz views it. From the stylish, "official" Classic emblems, to the high-performance jackplate, to space-age driver's console and the custom-matching boat trailer. The Classic package is available in TRITON models 19 to 22 feet.

"The Triton Classic edition captures all the excitement and prestige of the world's premier fishing event, the BASS Masters Classic," opines Joe Wallace, "and at a surprisingly affordable price. Come to our display, January 18th, see for yourself and talk bass boating with Earl Bentz and Ray Scott."

Scott, in 1967, launched the bass tournament craze with his All-American Invitational Tournament at Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas. He built the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society into a worldwide organization with over 650,000 members and created the BASS Masters Classic to showcase the sport's best professional fishermen.

"The Bassmaster Tournament Trail has been the proving grounds for today's bass boat innovations in performance and boating safety," says Scott. "Just as the Indy 500 improved the car for drivers."

Scott left B.A.S.S., Inc. in 1998 to form his marketing and consulting group, Ray Scott Outdoors, Inc., for the fishing tackle and marine industries.

Besides TRITON Boats, Scott serves as national promotional spokesman for Mercury Outboards, MotorGuide Trolling Motors, SOSPENDERS by S.O.S., Inc. the inflatable life vest; and U. S. Reel of St. Louis, MO., a new, revolutionary spinning reel with an oversize spool for light-line fishing.

For more information on North Texas Marine's Fort Worth show lineup and show specials, contact Joe Wallace at Ph: 972-263-1737 in Gainesville, TX.