 Bob Seeley, the owner of Seeley Outdoors and founder of Big Bass Splash, has died at the age of 75, according to his family. He started Big Bass Splash back in 1984 on Lake Sam Rayburn. In recent years, the Big Bass Splash events held on many other lakes. This Big Bass Splash grew to be the largest amateur fishing tournament in the world, drew in amateur anglers from many different countries. Over the years, 40 years that is, Seeley handed out millions of dollars in cash and prizes.