It all started in 1967 when Ray Scott started the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. During the past 30 plus years, B.A.S.S. has grown to be the major bass angler sport organization in the world. One in every 150 U. S. households includes a B.A.S.S. member. One in every 400 Americans is a B.A.S.S. member and bass anglers are found in every state – even Alaska; the only state that has no black bass. B.A.S.S. has over 600,000 members and more than 4 million BASSMASTER magazine readers. B.A.S.S. Times, B.A.S.S., Inc’s monthly newspaper has a circulation of more than 75,000 with readership of more than 245,000.