Charlie Campbell was born on March 5, 1933. He graduated in 1951 from Ava High School, where he excelled in basketball, baseball, track and tennis. In 1977, Charlie took his talents to work for John L. Morris of Bass Pro Shops, Inc. He helped design the Bass Tracker boat, field tested all of the company’s… Read more »
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Jack Emmitt
Jack Emmitt moved to Springfield, MO in 1961 to attend Soutwest Missouri State University and shortly thereafter took a job in a sporting goods store. Some 50 years later, the Tennessee native has landed game fish from all across the Western Hemisphere. Jack was the first Fishing Department Manager at Bass Pro Shops in 1981… Read more »
Rick Emmitt
Growing up in the Ozarks, Rick Emmitt usually could be found by a lake or river, with a fishing rod in hand. And all these years later, well, nothing has really changed. “I remember catching a 5-pound largemouth at age 10 on a Mann’s jelly worm and a Zebco 33 reel,” Emmitt recalled. “It was… Read more »
Edwin Evers
He wasn’t about to pack it in, go home and call it a career even though many would have understood. He had come too far for that. This was in 2002, when Missouri native and professional angler Edwin Evers, with his wallet thin, felt the real world tugging on his line far more than the… Read more »
Martin Mac Donald
There is an old saying that, if you are living your dream, you’ll never really work a day in your life. That’s true for Martin Mac Donald, who since his college days has championed the outdoors and, even better, found a tremendous platform 24 years ago to showcase his passion. That’s when he accepted an… Read more »
Jerry Martin
A lifelong outdoorsman, long–time professional guide, expert marksman, Captain of the Bass Pro Shops’ RedHead® Pro Hunting Team, host of multiple outdoors TV shows, and holder of multiple Grand Slams, Outdoor Sports inductee Jerry Martin has spent a lifetime sharing and promoting conservation and outdoor sports. Helping to shape and develop the industry we know… Read more »
Mike McClelland
He grew up on Table Rock Lake in the 1970s, spending time at his aunt Joleen and uncle Richard’s resort near Kimberling City, with his uncle serving as a fishing guide and his grandfather casting lines, too. For Mike McClelland, having a rod and reel in hand has been natural ever since, with he and… Read more »
Johnny Morris
John L. Morris is an Ozark native who learned his love of the outdoors at an early age. Hunting and fishing in the Missouri hills left an indelible mark on him. That mark has inspired him to encourage millions of people to gain a greater appreciation of the outdoors and take a hand in protecting… Read more »
Lynn Reeves
Growing up in Springfield, he developed a love for the outdoors thanks to a Boy Scout troop through First Baptist Church. And, because his older brothers loved to fish, guess who tagged along? Lynn Reeves still cherishes those days of heading off to Table Rock Lake, Stockton Lake, Truman Lake or the nearby James River… Read more »
Larry Whiteley
Born on a frosty Christmas morning of 1946 on his grandpa’s and grandma’s farm south of Nixa, he learned to make do with anything: No electricity but kerosene lanterns. No faucets but water captured from a nearby spring. No nearby grocery store but armed with his grandpa’s old .22 rifle and a bamboo fishing pole.… Read more »