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 partnershipRead More →

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.Read More →

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 theRead More →