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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 →

The Champs

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The team of Mikey and Braden had high hopes going into the 2019 Jr National Tournament having both fished in National Tournaments in the past. The duo put that experience to good use putting together two solid days of fishing to claim the Bassmaster Jr National Championship held in Huntingdon, Tennessee on August 6 – August 7, 2019! The field included 62 teams from all over the country qualifying for this event at the State level. What an accomplishment for these two! Way to go boys! The pair was sitting in 2nd place after the first day of competition. The Boys were in the 1stRead More →

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.Read More →

Hope everyone is having a great fall. We have setup some events to include pond tournaments and club meetings for November and December. Checkout our Events Calendar for dates/times. These events are intended for all current and perspective members who are interested in being in the club for the 2025 season. An email has been sent out with more specific information. VERY IMPORTANT: if you have reached out in the past and did not receive an email and are interested in joining the club please check your spam/junk filter in your email. If you didn’t receive an email please Contact Us through the website soRead More →

Coming up on October 27, 2024 the Ohio Bass Nation is holding their 2nd annual His/Her Open Tournament with all the proceeds to benefit the OBN Youth Program. Get a his/her team together and come out and fish this tournament. There will be a cookout after the event. For all the details on the tournament see below or goto our Events Calendar Page.Read More →

We were able to get ahold of some tentative schedule information for the 2025 Championship Tournaments to include the SAF and OBN Championship and have updated our Events Calendar and Tournament Pages accordingly. Great to see some info so that parents can plan ahead. Additionally, we received info on the Dates/Locations for Stops #3 & 4 on the OBN Team Trail. Those dates and locations are also posted. Stay tuned for additional info on upcoming meetings.Read More →

The Hartley’s Hawgs had one High School and one Junior team fishing the first stop of the 2024-2025 Ohio Bass Nation Team Trail. This trail include two tournaments in the fall of 2024 and two in the spring of 2025. The winner of the trail will be the team that earned the most points in their best two tournaments. Teams only have to compete in two tournaments to have a chance to win the points championship. While these team trail tournaments are not tournaments our club is able to provide boat captains and other logistics for all of our members have the necessary BASS membershipsRead More →

All current and perspective members are invited to attend a club meeting being held at Alum Creek Lake, New Galena Ramp on Sunday 8/24/24 starting at 11AM. The meeting will include some discussions about preparing for tournaments and we also plan on having a representative from Ohio Bass Nation there to discuss the upcoming Youth Team Trail that Ohio Bass Nation is starting. We are planning on providing some food as well during the meeting. Come out and join us and if you are a perspective new member stop out so you can meet some of the other members and ask questions. For more infoRead More →

The Hartley’s Hawgs had 5 high school teams competing for the Ohio Bass Federation High School Championship on Lake Erie. Because of high winds/waves the tournament was limited to within Sandusky Bay for safety. Our team of Cooper and Walker brought in a nice limit of largemouth weighing in at 12.70# to earn 2nd place in the state while all the other Hartley’s teams also brought fish to the scale. Big congrats to Cooper and Walker on their 2nd place finish! Big thank you to our volunteer boat captains (including two Hartley’s Hawgs Alumni)!!! We can’t do it without our boat captains and all ourRead More →

Attention all High School and College Anglers! This fall there is a unique tournament opportunity being held in October that pairs a High School and College Angler together to fish for significant scholarship dollars and prizes. This event is the Logan Parks Foundation High School/College Chaos Tournament. To find out more goto the following website: https://www.loganparksfishingfoundation.com/events The event is held in Auburn, Alabama so it would involve some travel. The tourney has a very interesting format that pairs a High School Angler with a College Angler and also has ample opportunity for Anglers and Parents to network with other anglers at the High School andRead More →

Two junior teams from the Hartley’s Hawgs travelled down to Tennessee the week of July 22, 2024 to compete for a national championship on the waters of Lake Chickamauga. Both squads had a great experience and were able to bring fish to the scales. Congrats to the teams of Marlon and Elijah and Cam and Asher! As always we can’t do it without the support of parents and boat captains to get these young men out on the water. See the Bassmaster Website for their coverage of the tournament Below are some pictures from the event. Click on an image to view larger photo.Read More →

On June 8, 2024 after the SAF High School weigh-in was complete members from the Zak Davis Foundation presented the 1st annual Zak Davis Memorial Scholarship to club member Jake Jones! Congratulations Jake and a huge thank you to the Zak Davis Foundation to honor his memory and love of fishing by supporting other youth anglers! Coming very soon on June 22, 2024 the Zak Davis Foundation will be holding their annual Zakfest fundraiser with fishing, food and fun! To learn more about this awesome event visit https://www.fishbigzak.com or goto our Zakfest event post on the Hartley’s Hawgs website. Below is a video of theRead More →