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Hawgs Win National Title
Hartley's Hawgs Duo Claim the Bassmaster Junior National Championship in Tennessee
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Hawgs earn $68k in Scholarship Offers
Hawgs take 10th at 2021 High School World Finals on Hartwell
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HS Pair take 8th in Nation
A Hartley Hawgs Team takes 8th in the Nation on Famous Kentucky Lake
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Hawgs Win OBN State Championship
Pair win 2021 OBN State Championship and earn a spot in 2021 HS National Championship.
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Registration now Open - Hoover Fishing Seminar - January 28, 2023
Find out more about the upcoming Hoover Fishing Seminar Event.
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 Hoover 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:
- 2022 Ohio Bass Nation State Championship – 1st Place Junior Division and 2nd Place High School
- 2022 OBF Junior State Championship – 1st place
- 2022 BASS Junior National Championship – 8th place
- 2022 OBF High School State Championship – 1st place and Big Bass
- 2021 BASS Junior National Championship – 3rd place and Big Bass honors
- 2021 High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship – 10th place and $68k in Scholarship Offers
- 2021 Ohio Bass Nation State Championship – 1st and 3rd High School and 3rd Junior
- 2021 SAF Ohio State Championship 2nd, 4th, and 5th place
- 2020 FLW High School Lake Erie Open 1st place
- 2020 Ohio Student Angler Federation Championship 1st and 3rd place finishers
- 2019 BASSMASTER JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS on Carroll County 1000 Acre lake in Huntingdon, Tennessee in a field of 62 teams from around the nation
- 2019 Runners up at Ohio Bass Nation State Jr Championship
- 2018 State Champions and Runners up at Ohio Bass Nation State Jr Championship and 16th place finish in Junior National Championship
- 2018 State Runners up at the Ohio Student Angler Federation High School Tournament
- 2018 State Champions at the Ohio Bass Federation Junior Championship
- 2018 State Runners up at the Ohio Bass Federation High School Championship
- 2017 State Champions and Runners up at Ohio Bass Nation State Jr Championship
- 2016 8th Place Finishers at BassMaster National High School Championship on Kentucky Lake out of a field of 175 teams from across the nation
- 2016 Runners up at Ohio Bass Nation State High School Championship
- 2016 State Runners up at the Ohio Bass Federation High School Championship
Latest Posts
In-Person Meeting 1/22/23 Cancelled – Working on setting up virtual meeting
Due to inclement weather the in-person meeting scheduled for today is cancelled. However, we are working on setting up a online meeting for today. As soon as details are known
Updates and Announcements
The 2023 Tournament Season is starting to take shape. Take a look at the Tournaments page with updated info. There are several upcoming meetings that have been added to the
Urbana Pond Tourney
This past weekend several current and perspective future Hawgs members participated in a pond Tourney in Urbana. Weather was warm but the winds were whipping. Despite the winds still had
Nice Bronzebacks added to the Lunker Board
We had a new submittal for our Lunker Board. Check out these beautiful bronzebacks… To submit you own catch for display on the Lunker Board visit the page and submit
Two HS Hawgs members attend BASS HS Combine
Two Hartley’s Hawgs members recently travelled south to Alabama to attend the 2nd BASS High School Combine. This is a unique event bringing together college coaches from several college fishing
Several Hawgs Teams compete in MLF HS Open on Lake Erie
The Hartley’s Hawgs had a nice contingent of teams travel up to Sandusky for the MLF High School Open held on Saturday, 9-10-2022. It was a large field of 40
Two Hawgs HS Teams compete for National Championship on Lake Hartwell
The Hartley Hawgs had two teams competing at the 2022 BassMaster High School National Championship during the week of August 8 – August 13 on Lake Hartwell located on the
Hawgs Jrs Compete in National Championships – Take 8th Place at BASS Jr National Championship
The Hartley’s Hawgs just had two different Junior Teams compete in National Championship Tournaments. The team of Archer and Hayden had a great tournament at the BASS Junior National Championship
Hawgs win OBF HS State Championship on Erie
The Hartley’s Hawgs duo of Dylan and Andrew brought home the 2022 OBF HS State championship to the club with a nice 5 five fish limit of 16.56 pounds! Congrats
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.