The Hartley Hawgs brought home 1st and 3rd at a very stingy Buckeye Lake. This was the 2nd stop of the 4 Tournament Ohio Bass Nation Team Trail Series. Nathan and Braden brought 5 to the scales to claim the top spot. Nathan and Braden also weighed in the Big Fish of the tournament. The Hawgs duo of Zach and Brett also weighed a 5-fish limit and claimed 3rd place. Way to go guys! Big thank you to Ohio Bass Nation for providing this opportunity to get kids fishing. Below are some pics from the event:Read More →

The OBF Youth State Championship is coming soon (May 8, 2021)!. This is a State Championship Tournament for youth Anglers 8th Grade and younger. This years tournament will be held on Alum Creek Lake launching from Cheshire ramp. The winner of this event qualifies for the TBF Junior World Championship which is being held this year at Quad Cities, Illinois (Mississippi River). For more info about the Youth World Championship Click Here Stay tuned for more info from Club Advisors on this upcoming tourney and be thinking about partners and other logistics. Below is the full post with info from Ohio Bass Federation: https://www.facebook.com/YouthFishingOhioWaters/posts/739294713429129Read More →

Several Hartley’s Hawgs Teams traveled south to take on Rocky Fork. The Duo of Mike and Rees took the top spot. Congrats Boys! It was an overcast and cool day but the conditions didn’t stop the Duo from getting it done. This was stop #1 of a 4 tourney HS Team Series event being put on by the Ohio Bass Nation. Thanks Ohio Bass Nation for giving these kids the platform to get out and fish. #GetOutside Here are few additional photos from the event: Below are links to Ohio Bass Nation HS Facebook Page with more info: https://www.facebook.com/ohiohighschoolbassfishing/posts/4297419103653871 https://www.facebook.com/ohiohighschoolbassfishing/posts/4297408440321604 The season will be kickingRead More →

Club will be holding a pond tourney Sunday, 3/21/21 from 4-6p. An email with location information has been sent out to club. If you missed it let us know. OBF recently posted that the OBF Jr Tourney date has been set for May 8, 2021 @ Alum Creek Lake. Junior Anglers, stay tuned for more information regarding registering for this tournament.Read More →

Congrats to Hawgs member Braden M. for being named to the BASS HS All-State Team. He joins 47 other HS anglers from across the country with the honor. BASS will later announce their 12 member All-American Team from this group of anglers to compete in a Tournament with an Elite Series Angler serving as coach. Congrats Braden and best of luck in becoming a member of the All American Team! To read more click on the BASSMASTER logo below:Read More →

Several things coming up over the next few weeks. Below is a rundown: Ohio BASS Nation Meeting. Karl has sent out info via email for anyone wanting to listen in on this meeting. The Columbus Fishing Expo is this coming weekend. This event will be in a virtual format this year. For more information visit the Columbus Fishing Expo Page. Charlie Hartley will be speaking to the club this week. Information will be communicated via email on how to join onto this virtual club meeting. We have several other speakers lined up in future weeks and are working on bringing in others. For more infoRead More →

Next Club Meeting set for 2-6-21 @ 10:00 AM with Scott Cooke as our Guest Speaker. Info will be sent out via email just ahead of the meeting. Also below check out this awesome piece of art created by former Hartley’s Hawg Member Issac. A great piece.Read More →

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 →