Below article and news video is a very somber reminder about safety in our sport. Thoughts and prayers go out to to the family and friends of the two missing high schoolers and their boat captain as well as all the search personnel. https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/members-high-school-fishing-team-missing-pickwick-lake-school-district-says/453SSVRPSFDLXNGU3D6ZEM7CRI/Read More →
Added some posts from past tournaments to our website. All three of these post have videos including a couple with on the water action and fish catches! The on the water videos do a good job of giving you a taste of what youth tournament fishing is all about. Hopefully this helps you to beat the winter blues and gets you started thinking spring! 2016 High School BASS National Championship – The Hawgs took 8th in the nation. This post includes some on the water video as well as video from the final day weigh-in. 2017 BASS Nation State Championship – The video in thisRead More →
The Columbus Fishing Expo held a Youth Town Hall event featuring several speakers including professional angler Brian Latimer. Our Hawgs Jr National Champs team of Abbott and McNamara were recognized and presented with custom rods. Below are some pictures from the event.Read More →
The Columbus Fishing Expo is this weekend! There are a lot of great speakers and vendors. Friday evening there are several sessions specifically for youth anglers. Hartley’s Hawgs and Walnut Springs will have a table at the event to promote the upcoming Hoover Fishing Seminar (HFS) as well as each of the clubs. There is a sign-up sheet with some open spots still available to help out working the table. If you are available please sign up to help out. We just need people to be able to pass out informational flyers about the upcoming HFS and info packs for each of the clubs. ThisRead More →
The original Hawg himself Charlie Hartley has been staying busy down in Florida. Below is a picture of a couple nice ones from a recent outing. Hope this helps everybody think spring! May have to add Charlie to the Lunker Board Collection with this nice catch!Read More →
The Hawgs got together with members from our Adult Host Club, the Columbus Bassmasters to make some plastic baits using old used baits. Good time learning how to mold plastic baits. See pictures below. Next meeting is February 1, 2020 when we will be meeting during the OBF Annual meeting and also having a Hoover Seminar planning meeting following the OBF meeting. All of our upcoming events are on the Events Calendar.Read More →
The Ohio Bass Nation currently has a poll out on their Facebook page gauging interest in starting a High School Team Trail Series in the State. Go on over to their Facebook page and let them know what you think. Great to see more and more opportunities for our youth anglers!Read More →
Here is a good video that explains just about everything that you need to know from the guys at Tactical Bassin. They offer a ton of great tips in this video and have tons of other well-done videos to explain other techniques. Dropshot fishing is definitely a great technique to get some bites and get some fish in the boat.Read More →
The 2020 Fishers of Men Ohio Ultimate Bass Challenge High School qualifier is scheduled on May 23rd, 2020 at Caesar Creek Lake. For information contact Al Evans at 937-869-4453 or alevans826@gmail.com This tournament will be run using the Major League Fishing format where all scoreable fish count toward your team’s total weight. Click here for complete rules and the entry/waiver form. For additional information on the Fishers of Men High School program click here. Great to see additional opportunities for youth anglers. Below is additional information on the Fishers of Men National tournament opportunity: The Fishers of Men National Championship will be held in conjunction with the SAFRead More →
Here is a really good video explaining traditional 2D, Down Imaging, and Side Imaging sonar and how to interpret what you are seeing. This video was posted on a YouTube channel called Fish the Moment which is done by a young angler that fished in college. He does a great job of explaining concepts and providing graphics to help explain. Definitely a cool YouTube channel to check out.Read More →