About – Hartley's Hawgs

Thank you for your interest in our club. We are a youth bass fishing club located in central Ohio for kids 5th grade through 12th grade. We are a registered 501c3 non-profit organization focused on introducing kids to bass fishing. The club gets together throughout 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
Discussing cub fundraising activities

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:

2025 BASS High School National Championship – 7th place
2025 BASS Junior National Championship – 8th place
2025 Ohio Bass Nation State Championship – 1st and 2nd Place Junior Division. 2nd Place High School Division
2025 SAF Ohio State Championship – 2nd Place
2024 OBF High School Ohio State Championship – 2nd Place
2024 SAF Ohio State Championship – 1st and 3rd Place
2024 Ohio Bass Nation State Championship – 1st place Junior Division
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 8^th 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