WHAT IS THE
ALABAMA B.A.S.S. NATION, INC.?
BASS ANGLERS SPORTSMAN SOCIETY
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.
B.A.S.S. NATION
The B.A.S.S. Nation is an outgrowth of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. For more than 30 years, the B.A.S.S. Nation has been more than a name. It has become a world community united by a sense of camaraderie and a spirit of belonging to something unique that carries from generation to generation. As the landscape of this great sport has changed, over the years, members have decided to join the B.A.S.S. Nation for many reasons other than exciting tournament fishing. The vision of true pioneers in our history – Ray Scott and Don Butler and many others – established conservation and a focus on building youth programs in addition to fishing competition as areas critical to the viability of the sport and our lifestyle. B.A.S.S. Nation Members, as well as B.A.S.S. employees and sponsors, have given tirelessly to the sport and the vision of these pioneers.
ALABAMA B.A.S.S. NATION, INC.
Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation, Inc. (ABN) is one of the largest of the fifty-seven state and international B.A.S.S. Nation affiliates made up of grassroots anglers that are active in Youth angler development, conservation, water access issues and bass tournaments. Alabama B.A.S.S. Nation, at any one time, consists of fifteen hundred members in forty to fifty BASS Angler Sportsman’s Society affiliated clubs. Each of the State Nations consist of Adult clubs, High School and College clubs, all sharing a passion for bass fishing. State Nation members participate in regional tournaments to qualify for the ABN State Championship. Anglers can then move on to fish regional and national tournaments giving them a chance to qualify to fish in the most prestigious bass tournament of them all, THE BASSMASTER CLASSIC!
