OUTDOORS COLUMN: Jack Wingate — it’s my turn now

I had a business meeting with Jack Wingate at his Lunker Lodge on Lake Seminole in the fall of 1987. It was our first encounter, professional and personal. Jack was already a bona fide outdoors legend and the prospect of our coming together had me, a fledgling outdoor writer, more than a little nervous. After all, here was a man who had helped make largemouth bass fishing the most popular angling pastime in the nation. His prowess as a guide was talked about in angling circles across the country. He was a close friend of Ray Scott and had figured heavily in the successful launching of Scott