On February 11, a member of the Zak M Davis Foundation announced the creation of a new $500 College Scholarship for Hartley’s Hawgs members. An application must be submitted to the Foundation for consideration. Deadline to submit is May 1, 2024. For more information visit the Foundation website or email: FishBigZak@gmail.com Below is a picture from the announcement meeting. Thank you Zak Davis Foundation. We appreciate the generosity supporting young anglers in Zak’s honor.Read More →

This week we are excited to announce that two Seniors in our club signed College commitment letters to continue their education as well as thier angling journey. Will signed with Kentucky Christian University and Jake signed with Campbellsville University. Congrats to both Will and Jake! We wish you the best moving onto the next level. Below are a few pics from each of the signings.Read More →

At the Sunday, February 11, 2024 club meeting Coach Tony Miracle from Campbellsville University located in South-Central Kentucky came up and spoke with the club about the ins and outs of college fishing. A big thank you to Coach Tony for traveling up and taking the time to speak to the club. Below are a few pictures from the meeting.Read More →

This past weekend we were fortunate to have Jeremy Reese speak with the club to talk about electronics and share his knowledge with the club. Thanks to Jeremy for taking the time to come out and speak. We are looking forward to our next meeting with Guests from Campbellsville University talking about college bass fishing. Hope you can join us.Read More →

The 2024 Hoover Fishing Seminar was held on Saturday, January 27, 2024 and was another successful event. We could not do this without the support of our Speakers and our Youth and Adult Volunteers. Thanks to all the attendees and volunteers that helped make this a great event in support of youth fishing in Central Ohio! This year we tried some new things including the inaugural edition of the Kayak Academy with a full slate of classes geared toward attendees interested in Kayak Fishing Topics. Additionally, we setup the raffle this year to allow our guest to put their raffle tickets toward the prizes inRead More →

We are starting to get information for some of our 2024 Tournaments. The SAF High School State championship will be on Alum Creek Lake on Saturday, June 8, 2024. All the Club Tournaments will be posted on the Tournaments Page. Additionally, the Bassmaster and MLF Opens Schedules have also been posted. Club Anglers will have all the necessary memberships to signup for these Open Tournaments but travel expenses and logistics would be each Anglers families responsibility. Great to see some of these tournament dates starting to get on the Calendar.Read More →

The Hartley’s Hawgs had two teams travel to La Crosse Wisconsin to fish the Student Angler Federation World and National Championship. A full post will be coming soon on that. One of our Teams has made the final day cut to Fish for World Championship and big Scholarships and Prizes! Ryan and Mason have made final day cut and have a camera man in the boat and following them after an Awesome day 3 bag. To watch the live weigh-in follow along on SAFs Live Feed. Weigh in starts at 2:15PM Eastern Time. Weights are zeroed out on final day so it is a oneRead More →

Our Adult Host Club, The Columbus Bassmasters held a cleanup day at Alum Creek on June 10, 2023. Thanks to them for helping out taking care of our natural resources and fisheries. We encourage all our members to get involved whenever possible to help give back to the sport of fishing. Below are some pictures from the event. Great job Columbus Bassmasters!Read More →