Hartley's Hawgs Team Photo at East Fork Lake June 8, 2025

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The Hartley’s Hawgs had 10 teams total (6 High School Teams and 4 Junior Teams) competing in the June 7-8, 2025 Ohio Bass Nation State Championship held on East Fork Lake near Cincinnati. The Teams braved some unpredictable weather and a very active Cicada hatch. Our Junior team of Carter and Elliot took 1st, while Andrew and Henry placed second in the junior division. Both teams earned a spot in the upcoming BASS Jr National Championship to be held on Clarks Hill Reservoir. On the High School side, the Team of Connor and Hoyt secured 2nd place also earning a spot in the BASS HighRead More →

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The Hartley’s Hawgs sent 9 junior teams to compete in the 2025 OBF State Championship. It was a beautiful weather day with bluebird skies but the bite was tough. We had several teams grind out some fish to bring back to weigh-in. Club also claimed the big bass honors for the day. Congrats to Cam and Asher on their catch. Big thanks to all the volunteer boat captains that make it possible to get these kids out on the water! Also a big thank you to all of our Sponsors. If you have a need for their services we encourage you to support businesses thatRead More →

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Congrats to Hartley’s Hawgs junior team of Cam and Asher winning the junior division of the BASS Team Trail held on Lake Erie on April 27th. The boys weighed an impressive limit of 16.09# to earn the win. The Hawgs had five teams competing in this team trail tournament and all but one team brought fish back for the weigh in. Thanks to Ohio Bass Nation for providing these additional opportunities to get kids out on the water! And thanks to the volunteer boat captains and parents for the support of these youth anglers. Below are some pictures from the event. Click an image toRead More →

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The Hartley’s Hawgs Team of Connor and Hoyt travelled down to Alabama to compete in the BASS HS Open on Smith Lake near Cullman, Alabama and finished 25th out of a field of 236 boats. Their finish was good enough to punch their ticket to the Bassmaster High School National Championship to be held later this summer on Clarks Hill Lake in Georgia. Congrats to Connor and Hoyt on your great finish. Below are some pictures from the event. Click on image to view larger image.Read More →

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Coming up on October 27, 2024 the Ohio Bass Nation is holding their 2nd annual His/Her Open Tournament with all the proceeds to benefit the OBN Youth Program. Get a his/her team together and come out and fish this tournament. There will be a cookout after the event. For all the details on the tournament see below or goto our Events Calendar Page.Read More →

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We were able to get ahold of some tentative schedule information for the 2025 Championship Tournaments to include the SAF and OBN Championship and have updated our Events Calendar and Tournament Pages accordingly. Great to see some info so that parents can plan ahead. Additionally, we received info on the Dates/Locations for Stops #3 & 4 on the OBN Team Trail. Those dates and locations are also posted. Stay tuned for additional info on upcoming meetings.Read More →

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The Hartley’s Hawgs had one High School and one Junior team fishing the first stop of the 2024-2025 Ohio Bass Nation Team Trail. This trail include two tournaments in the fall of 2024 and two in the spring of 2025. The winner of the trail will be the team that earned the most points in their best two tournaments. Teams only have to compete in two tournaments to have a chance to win the points championship. While these team trail tournaments are not tournaments our club is able to provide boat captains and other logistics for all of our members have the necessary BASS membershipsRead More →

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The Hartley’s Hawgs had 5 high school teams competing for the Ohio Bass Federation High School Championship on Lake Erie. Because of high winds/waves the tournament was limited to within Sandusky Bay for safety. Our team of Cooper and Walker brought in a nice limit of largemouth weighing in at 12.70# to earn 2nd place in the state while all the other Hartley’s teams also brought fish to the scale. Big congrats to Cooper and Walker on their 2nd place finish! Big thank you to our volunteer boat captains (including two Hartley’s Hawgs Alumni)!!! We can’t do it without our boat captains and all ourRead More →

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Two junior teams from the Hartley’s Hawgs travelled down to Tennessee the week of July 22, 2024 to compete for a national championship on the waters of Lake Chickamauga. Both squads had a great experience and were able to bring fish to the scales. Congrats to the teams of Marlon and Elijah and Cam and Asher! As always we can’t do it without the support of parents and boat captains to get these young men out on the water. See the Bassmaster Website for their coverage of the tournament Below are some pictures from the event. Click on an image to view larger photo.Read More →

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The Hartley’s Hawgs had seven teams competing in the 2024 SAF State championship held on Alum Creek Lake. The team of Brooks and Noah took home the top honors with a bag weighing in at 16# – 1 oz to secure the win. The team of Connor and Hoyt weighed in a bag at 12# – 2 oz to finish third in the event. With their high finishes both team earned a spot at the upcoming SAF High School World and National Finals being held on Lake Hartwell. Congrats to Brooks, Noah, Connor and Hoyt on their great finishes! It was a beautiful day forRead More →