Happy 2022. We are gearing up to start some club activities in the coming weeks. The first order of business is to take care of Club Paperwork/Forms and Dues for the season. Dues for the season are $225 ($50 of which goes toward raffle). To simplify the forms for 2022 all have been placed on the website forms page and each form has been numbered #1 – 7 with a brief explanation of each form. #1-4 are required forms. #5-7 are only required if applicable. Download, print, and fillout these forms and bring to our next meeting on January 9, 2022. Regarding our next meeting;Read More →

Both MLF and BASS have released their 2022 HS Open Tournament Schedules. Great to see these organizations continuing to provide these opportunities for youth anglers. For a press release about the MLF High School Opens click here. For a press release about the BASS HS Opens click here. In addition the Student Angler Federation has posted information about the 2022 High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship. Information about this event can be found here. Hartley’s Hawgs has some meeting/events coming up. For more info visit our Event Calendar. If you did not receive emails about the upcoming meeting on 11/7/21 and have previouslyRead More →

Four member of the Hartley’s Hawgs travelled to Decatur Alabama to attend the 1st ever BASS HS Combine. This was a unique event that brought together College Fishing programs from around the country with perspective HS Anglers looking to continue fishing in college. The Boys were able to speak with coaches from several colleges and also participated in a skills competition as part of the event. Big shout out to BASS for organizing this event and continuing to grow youth bass fishing. Below are a few pictures from the event: Below are several links to Bassmaster with further information about the event. Meet the AnglersRead More →

The Hartley’s Hawgs sent one team to compete for the BASS Jr. National Championship in Tennessee to compete against over 60 teams from all across the country. The duo of Brooks and Grant did a great job and finished 3rd in the nation and brought in the big bass for the event with an 8#-1oz Hawg! Way to go boys! Brooks and Grant qualified for the event through the Ohio Bass Nation State Championship held earlier in the year. Bassmaster has some great coverage from the event with a link to the overall tournament coverage for the event here. Here is a great video justRead More →

Three Hartley’s Hawgs Teams travelled to Michigan to compete in the MLF High School Open held on August 21, 2021 and launching from the Detroit River. The tournament was open to Lake St Clair, the Detroit River and Lake Erie and our teams fished all three of these waters looking for quality fish. Each duo brought in a five fish limit and from post tournament reports were catching good numbers. The winning team from NW Ohio weighed in a very solid bag of 24#-6 oz. Thanks to MLF High School for putting on this event and all the volunteer boat captains for getting the kidsRead More →

The 2021 Ohio High School Fishers of Men Team Trail held its first tournament (of two) on August 14 at Delaware Lake. This tourney was setup using an MLF style format where every fish over 1# was scoreable. Delaware fished tough but 7 of the 10 teams competing were able to weigh scoreable fish. Several Hartley’s Hawgs teams competed in this event. Congrats to the winning Hawgs duo of Ryan and Joe! Perspective new Hawgs member Will weighed in the Big Bass of the Tourney. Way to go fishing some tough conditions! For a full writeup from the event click here. The next Fishers ofRead More →

The Ohio Bass Nation HS Team Trail wrapped up with the 4th tourney of 4 for the season at Delaware Lake on August 7, 2021. It was a hot day and several teams struggled to get on fish. The hawgs duo of Brett and Dylan took 2nd place for the day bringing 4 fish to the scales. Also, the overall team trail was decided and the Hawgs Duo of Nathan and Braden took home the overall victory finishing with a total of 792 points out of a possible 800. Thanks to Ohio Bass Nation for putting on this event and to all the volunteer boatRead More →

The Hawgs sent the Duo of Braden and Nathan to compete in the Bassmaster High School National Championship held on Lake Chickamauga. The Tourney was held July 29-31, 2021 with three days of practice ahead of the tourney days. The hottest weather of the summer was happening in the Tennessee valley during the tourney with temperatures pushing 95 and 110 heat index nearly every day there. Days one and two of the tourney included the entire field of over 300 boats with the field cut down to 12 teams competing on championship saturday. The tournament was setup as a 3-fish limit tourney to help reduceRead More →

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The Hartley’s Hawgs Team of Nathan and Brett placed 10th out of 398 teams in 2021 World Championship and 10th out of 236 teams in the 2021 National Championship. This event was put on by the Student Angler Federation and is a unique dual-format event as described in the Tournament Flowchart. As a result of their finish, Nathan and Brett won $68k in scholarship offers! The Hawgs had three teams travel down to Anderson, South Carolina to compete in the event. All three teams did a great job and represented the Hartley’s Hawgs very well and showed how strong Central Ohio Youth Fishing is. BradenRead More →

Three Hartley’s Hawgs Teams travelled down to Anderson, South Carolina on Beautiful Lake Hartwell to fish for World and National Championships and possibly College Scholarship money! They are there with 398 teams from across the Country (and a few from outside the Country). The Teams of Braden/Mike, Nathan/Brett, and Grant/Dylan are representing the Hartley’s Hawgs very well. Day one was a hot day with very little wind. All three teams brought in a 3-fish limit on Day One. The team of Braden/Mike had a strong day one weighing in 8#-6oz and are currently sitting in 20th place. The other two teams are sitting in theRead More →