The club will be holding another meeting this coming Sunday, January 31, 2021 @ 1:00 PM. The meeting again will be held virtually using Google Meet. Guest Speaker is Jeremy Reese. We are also working on upcoming meetings with Guest Speakers to include Charlie Hartley, Jami Norman, and we are also working to schedule Bass Pro Tour and MLF Pro Angler Jacob Wheeler to speak to the club. Stay tuned for further updates. We also had a new submittal that has been added to the Lunker Board page. Keep those Lunker submittals coming. Below is the latest addition. Congrats on the great catch Ian!Read More →

Our first club meeting of 2021 will be held on Sunday, January 24, 2021 @ 1:00 PM. This meeting will be held virtually. This meeting is to discuss the upcoming season and is intended for those who have submitted registration info. An Email was sent out on Friday, January 22nd to all that are currently on the meeting invite. Official invite to the Virtual Meeting will be sent out Sunday Morning, January 24, 2021. If you did not receive an email and want to attend the meeting please Contact Us. Please make sure to keep an eye on our Tournaments page and also our EventRead More →

To wet your appetite for the upcoming fishing season and to learn what different baits actually look and sound like underwater below are several videos from YouTube Channels showing underwater footage. There is much more out there if you want to see what your favorite bait looks like underwater. Even included some footage with some fish eating some of these baits. Enjoy.Read More →

Happy New Year to everyone. As we move into 2021 several announcements to share: We are in the middle of our 2021 Membership Sign-up period. All individuals that have expressed interest should have received an email from Club Advisor, Karl Guegold with information on the forms and the costs to join this year. If you did not receive the membership information please contact us. Note, that you can also download all the required forms for membership on the website on the Forms Page. Due to the on-going COVID-19 restrictions with larger gatherings the club will not be doing the Hoover Fishing Seminar this year. InsteadRead More →

Thanks to the Cooke family for having the club out for a pond tourney on a beautiful sunny November day. The results from the tourney are given below: Braden McNamara was the winner , choosing to fish the 2nd period had two fish for 4.52 pounds. His big fish was 19 1/2’” long and 3.10 pounds. Second place ,Adam Kinnear 3 fish  total weight 3.61 pounds. He fished period one. Third place Caleb Kidder 2 fish 2.41 pounds fishing period two. Fourth Place Ian Reed with 1.04 fishing period one. Fifth Place Mason Everts .88 fishing period one also.Read More →

The 2021 Tournament Season is starting to take shape as tournament organizers are starting to firm up some dates and locations for the upcoming season. Below are some of the current highlights. As additional information comes in checkout our Tournaments Page and also checkout our events calendar as the info is also posted there. And remember on this election day, I hope we can all agree: Vote YES for Fishing! >> SAF State Championship (HS Anglers Only). This tournament is a qualifier for the SAF High School National Championship and World Finals. When: May 22, 2021 Where: Delaware Lake Link to Fact Sheet >> Ohio BASS Nation HS/JRRead More →

A few announcements to share with everyone: We are working on organizing a pond tournament on Sunday, November 8, 2020. Look for an email from club advisors with more information. After having some discussions with the Hoover Fishing Seminar Team and checking with Westerville Schools we are not going to be able to hold an in-person HFS this winter as we have been doing for many years as our primary fundraiser. We are working on alternative options for fund raising. Be on the lookout for ways to assist the club with these activities. We are coming toward our yearly membership renewal period and timeframe whenRead More →

Our fall virtual tournament held October 7, 2020 thru October 18, 2020 came to an exciting finish this past weekend! We had several winning entries come in over the final weekend of the tournament. Below is a Summary of the winning catches in each category. To view all the entries goto our results page. Hartley’s Hawgs – Current Members Winners Longest Fish (AKA the Hawg!): Nathan Fiant with a 19-3/4″ fish. Shortest Fish (AKA the Guppy!): Grant Buzard with a 13-1/4″ fish (Note: Ryan Pardi would have taken these honors but he also won in the 14″ category) Fish Closest to 18” in length without goingRead More →

Our virtual tourney will be winding up this weekend. Still plenty of time to get out and get an entry submitted. As of Friday, 10/16/20 @ 9:30 PM our leaders in the Current Members Category are: Longest Fish (AKA the Hawg!) – Braden McNamara: 17 1/2″ Shortest Fish (AKA the Guppy!) – Ryan Pardi: 5″ Fish Closest to 18” in length without going over – Braden McNamara: 17 1/2″ Fish Closest to 16” in length without going over – Nathan Fiant: 15 3/4″ Fish Closest to 14” in length without going over – Ryan Pardi: 13 1/2″ Remember that each person can not win more thenRead More →

We have had several entries into the virtual tournament after the first weekend. To see all the current entries goto our Virtual Tourney Results page. Remember the categories for this tourney are as follows: Longest Fish (AKA the Hawg!) Shortest Fish (AKA the Guppy!) Fish Closest to 18” in length without going over Fish Closest to 16” in length without going over Fish Closest to 14” in length without going over The virtual tournament runs thru October 18th so you still have time to submit an entry. We’ve also had several additional lunker board submittals. Check out all the new additions and existing photos here.Read More →