John G Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 I always wanted to join BASS but I never got around to it and now that BASS is owned by ESPN, I definitely will never join. 1 Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted August 3, 2015 Super User Posted August 3, 2015 I never framed mine...but I did manage to keep it all these years. This was from my first "hitch" with BASS - 1969. My Dad was a charter member of BASS, joining up in 1968. He bought me a membership right after the charter member period closed and this was the patch I got with the membership. 2 Quote
Super User *Hootie Posted August 3, 2015 Author Super User Posted August 3, 2015 I always wanted to join BASS but I never got around to it and now that BASS is owned by ESPN, I definitely will never join. It's definitely not what it used to be. Some of the older magazines I have are three times as thick as the ones you get now. Ray Scott handled it way better than ESPN ever could. Hootie 1 Quote
dave Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 I always wanted to join BASS but I never got around to it and now that BASS is owned by ESPN, I definitely will never join. I thought they were no longer owned by ESPN... 1 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted August 4, 2015 Super User Posted August 4, 2015 I thought they were no longer owned by ESPN... They aren't...sold to a trio of guys that included Don Logan, Jerry McKinnis and Jim Copeland back in 2010. As for memorabilia, here's an original newspaper ad, one of the very first they ever placed in other magazines trying to drum up members. It is from 1969. Notice the magazine was only published quarterly back then. Didn't even list a price to join. Just send for more info. 1 Quote
Super User Jeff H Posted August 4, 2015 Super User Posted August 4, 2015 My original from 1977 or 78 is still sewn on my Stearns life jacket I wore back then. Still have it in the garage. 1 Quote
John G Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 No longer owned by ESPN means that I may become a member. 1 Quote
Super User Maxximus Redneckus Posted August 4, 2015 Super User Posted August 4, 2015 Back then you had a article 3 pages long in a row ,now its 2 paragraphs 1 page with 10 ads 1 Quote
Super User *Hootie Posted August 6, 2015 Author Super User Posted August 6, 2015 Back then you had a article 3 pages long in a row ,now its 2 paragraphs 1 page with 10 ads Just now looking at a 1982 BASSMASTER issue. It has 224 pages. Hootie Quote
Super User fishballer06 Posted August 6, 2015 Super User Posted August 6, 2015 Print is a dying form these days. Even newspapers are fading to the way side. Everything is going digital these days. Quote
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