History
B.A.S.S. Federation was founded by Ray Scott in 1967 in Montgomery, Alabama. His goals were to create a credible and honorable tournament trail and to improve our environment by unifying fishermen with youth, in an effort to promote and perpetuate recreational fishing as a pastime. Scott also directed the society in a number of conservationist efforts related to fishing and outdoor recreation.
Scott sold B.A.S.S. to a group of investors headed by Helen Sevier in 1986. In 2001, the group sold the society to ESPN, which operated the society and its tournament trails as a wholly owned subsidiary. On August 3, 2010, ESPN announced an agreement to sell the society to Birmingham, Alabama businessman and former Time Inc. chairman and CEO Don Logan, who also owns the Birmingham Barons minor league baseball team. Jerry McKinnis, host of the longtime ESPN series "The Fishin' Hole," and Jim Copeland are investors in Logan's deal.
The society made headlines outside of tournament fishing in 1970 when it filed lawsuits against more than 200 industrial defendants, accusing them of water pollution which violated the 1899 Refuse Act.
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