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The first weekend of our first virtual tournament is on the books. Several fish have been submitted and they can be viewed here. Thus far we only have entries from High School anglers. We want to see some younger anglers from Hartley’s Hawgs and Walnut Springs on the board. For complete rules for the tournament visit the Virtual Tournament page here. The current leader for big fish was submitted by Jake Pavlak and measured at 17-1/4″. Nice job Jake. Let’s see some more entries…Read More →

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In Conjunction with the Walnut Springs Fishing Club, the Hartley Hawgs are holding our first ever virtual fishing tournament Starting Saturday May 2, 2020 @ 6:00 AM and ending Sunday May 10, 2020 @ 6:00 PM. For the complete rules and prize categories goto the Virtual Tournaments page. This tournament will be contested using fish length. As entries are submitted for the tournament they will be posted on a regular basis (typically every evening) so you can track progress. The results page can be found here. Get out there to any available waters and start photographing the length of your catch as per the exampleRead More →

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Big thanks to Cody Gray for taking some time to talk to the group today via conference call. I know not everyone was able to see the video feed on the conference call so Cody shared some photos of some of the baits he likes for early season smallmouth action at Alum Creek. Also he shared some info on baits he like for mid-summer largemouths. Thanks again Cody for sharing some of your knowledge with the kids. Cody also shared some knots he likes to tie including a Braid to Flourocarbon knot. Below is a video demonstrating that knot. Here is a video explaining theRead More →

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Today’s meeting to be held at Cabela’s has been canceled. Next meeting will be 3/29/2020 at Cabela’s. In the meantime start working on prepping your tackle and as the weather starts warming up get out and wet a line. Nothing better to beat Bass Fever or COVID-19 then to get out there and spend some time in nature. Some of the best early season action can often be in Ponds since they will warm quicker. Be well.Read More →

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Our Jr National Champion team of Braden and Mikey were invited to this years 50th Bassmaster Classic for some of the pre-tourney festivities and also to participate in the High School Classic Exhibition Tournament to be held on Lay Lake in Alabama on Saturday, March 7, 2020. They will compete against other teams from across the nation and will get to weigh-in on the biggest stage of all at the Bassmaster Classic on Saturday. Here is an article about the event on Bassmaster: https://www.bassmaster.com/news/alabama-s-lay-lake-host-three-2020-bassmaster-high-school-and-college-events The weigh-in will be live streamed on Bassmaster.com and will eventually be part of ESPN’s Bassmaster Classic Coverage. Our Hawgs alsoRead More →

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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 →

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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 →