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 →

Youth Town Hall

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 →

Bassmaster recently posted the 2019 High School Championship to YouTube that aired over the summer on ESPN2. It is ~45 minute video that gives a great overview of the BASS High School Championship. And, our very own Hartley’s Hawgs National Championship Jr Team is featured at around 22 minutes into the video. Here is a post all about our Jr National Champs. Below is a the entire High School Championship Video produced by Bassmaster.Read More →

Mark your calendars for a mandatory parents meeting to be held on Monday, December 9, 2019 at 6:30 PM in Room 212 at Walnut Springs Middle School at 888 East Walnut Street, Westerville, Ohio. We ask all parents to plan to attend this meeting as advisors will go over important information regarding the assistance needed from all club members and club members parents to help run the Hoover Fishing Seminar. We will also be collecting forms and dues for the 2020 season. Remember the Hoover Fishing Seminar is our big fundraising event for the year!Read More →

The meeting originally scheduled for Wednesday, 12/4/19 is being cancelled. We are looking to reschedule for Monday, 12/9/19 at the same time and place. Will confirm details soon! Mark your calendars for a mandatory parents meeting to be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 6:30 PM at Walnut Springs Middle School in Westerville, Ohio. We ask all parents to plan to attend this meeting as advisors will go over important information regarding the assistance needed from all club members and club members parents to help run the Hoover Fishing Seminar. We will also be collecting dues for the 2020 season. Remember the Hoover FishingRead More →