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Ray Scott held an All-American Bass fishing
tournament on Beaver Lake in 1967. Stan
Sloan, who at the time was a Nashville police
officer and avid angler, entered that first
tournament. Upon winning, he retired from his
police work and began his own bait company —
Stan Sloan’s Zorro Bait Company.
That first tournament was so successful, Ray
Scott turned it into the Bassmaster Classic
in the early 70s. Bobby Murray won that
first Classic on Sloan’s bait: the Aggravator
Spinnerbait. The Aggravator, then and now,
featured a unique rattle as well as thumping
blade combination. Zorro Bait Company was on
it’s way.
Stan Sloan is also credited for moving
trolling motors from the back of boats to the
front for fishing, and he invented the first
black light used for night fishing, which we
still make today.
Sloan suffered from cancer and passed away in
2008. The company continues to thrive
through the legacy he left behind.
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