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About

Thank you for your interest in our club.  We are a youth bass fishing club located in central Ohio for high school aged kids, grade 9 – 12, as well as Junior Anglers up through 8th Grade. The club gets together through out the year.  The meetings include the following activities:

  • Participating in organized youth Bass Fishing Tournaments at the high school and junior level
  • Having guest speakers talk about fishing strategies and techniques
  • Lure making activities 
  • Pond/shore tournaments for our club members
  • Service activities for various outdoor organizations
  • Planning and serving for our big fundraiser the Central Ohio Fishing Seminar

Hartley’s Hawgs is currently being run by advisor Karl Guegold and co-advisor Vic Buzard. Our adult host club is the Columbus BassMasters.  To learn more about our club Contact Us.

We boast BASSMASTER JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS along with State Champions and runners up for the Ohio Bass Nation for youth and high school.  We also have had Ohio Bass Federation youth champions and high school runners up and Student Angler Federation High School Runners up.  Below are some of our team’s accomplishments:

Latest Posts

New Catch added to Lunker Board

The fish are really starting to be active this spring and we received a picture of a really nice catch from a current member. Cam’s catch measured 21″ long and

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New Hartley’s Hawgs Apparel

We are excited to be partnering with a new apparel company this year to bring new items and many options to our families!  Check out the link below and order your Hartley’s gear to wear to the upcoming tournaments and events!  This is also a great way to promote our generous 2025 club Sponsors!  Please use the link below to order your Hartley’s Hawgs apparel items by April 21, 2025!  Orders will be ready by the first Jr. tournament in May.  (To save everyone shipping costs, we are having all orders shipped together and will distribute to families.) Note, the club is also purchasing apparel for each club

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Hawgs partnering with Zakfest 2025

Zak Davis was a former Walnut Springs and Hartley’s Hawgs member who tragically lost his life in a car accident. His family has created a memorial foundation in Zak’s honor to promote and support Zak’s passion of fishing. Each year the Foundation organizes and runs the ZakFest fundraiser event. The 2025 event will be held on June 21, 2025 between 1pm – 3pm at Hoff Woods Park in Westerville, Ohio. Or checkout our entry on our Event Calendar.  Additionally, in 2024 the Foundation announced the creation of a $500 Scholarship for a Hartley’s Hawgs Angler that will be attending college. We appreciate this great partnership

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Hawgs Team qualifies for National Championship at 2025 Smith Lake BASS Open

The Hartley’s Hawgs Team of Connor and Hoyt travelled down to Alabama to compete in the BASS HS Open on Smith Lake near Cullman, Alabama and finished 25th out of a field of 236 boats. Their finish was good enough to punch their ticket to the Bassmaster High School National Championship to be held later this summer on Clarks Hill Lake in Georgia. Congrats to Connor and Hoyt on your great finish. Below are some pictures from the event. Click on image to view larger image.

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COFS 2025 Recap

On March 1, 2025 Hartley’s Hawgs partnered with the Walnut Springs Middle School Fishing club to put on the Central Ohio Fishing Seminar. The seminar was previously named the Hoover Fishing Seminar. This was the 25th year for the event. Eleven great speakers came out to talk about all different types of fishing opportunities in Central Ohio. We also had some great raffle prizes taken home by attendees. If anyone that attended has any comments or suggestions on improving this event leave a comment. Big thanks to all the volunteers that assisted in putting together this event! All of the proceeds are split between the

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Club Meeting for 2/15/2025 delayed until 10A due to weather conditions

The bait making club meeting scheduled for 2/15/25 @ 9A has been delayed until 10A due to weather conditions. However, we encourage everyone to make your own judgement for when you feel it is safest to arrive.  Pizza lunch will be ready at noon! For more info on the meeting see our Events Calendar.

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Hartley’s Hawgs will be at Columbus Fishing Expo

The Hartley’s Hawgs will be at the Columbus Fishing Expo, February 7 – 9, 2025. We will be talking about club activities and also providing information for our upcoming Central Ohio Fishing Seminar. The Columbus Fishing Expo is a great event with lots of great speakers and vendors and a great cure for cabin fever. Hope to see you there.

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Upcoming meetings and announcements

Below are some upcoming events and announcements: To ease the cabin fever blues here is picture of a nice fish caught on January 17, 2025 by a former Hartley’s Hawgs angler on Lake Murray in SC.

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Pond Tourney Canceled 11/10/24

Due to forecasted poor weather conditions our pond tourney for Sunday, 11/10/24 has been canceled. Remember that we still have some upcoming club meetings for December 1st and 15th to start getting membership roster for our 2025 season. If you are an active or perspective member you should also be receiving emails with more details on upcoming events. If you are not receiving emails and want to be added to list please contact us.

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Goal

Hartley’s Hawgs main goal is to allow the young fisherman graduating from Walnut Springs Fishing Club and other High School and Junior aged bass fishermen or fisherwomen to learn and keep a passion for angling for bass and understand that it can be a calming, peaceful and competitive sport.

History

Hartley’s Hawgs was formed several years ago by a father and son team of Robert and Dustin Evans to further the fishing efforts of youth in central Ohio that had no other venues to bass fish competitively.  The club was named after Charlie Hartley who is a graduate and founder of the Walnut Springs Middle School Fishing Club and professional bass fisherman / Classic contender. Charlie is kept informed of the events of the club as well as attending some of the events of Hartley’s Hawgs and Walnut Springs fishing clubs for instructional purposes and also taking anglers fishing at state level.

Over the years the Hartley’s Hawgs have had members from Westerville North, Westerville South, Westerville Central, Hilliard Darby, Grove City, Johnstown, Jonathan Alder, Big Walnut, Delaware, Olentangy, South Bloomfield, Hyatts, Hamilton Local, Bexley, Granville and Willoughby city schools.