Central Ohio Fishing Seminar XXV

We are celebrating our 25th Anniversary and have a great event planned!

New this year the Hoover Fishing Seminar has been renamed the Central Ohio Fishing Seminar. We will still be providing great Hoover Fishing content but will also be covering other Central Ohio fisheries and techniques.

The seminar will be held Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Walnut Springs Middle School in Westerville, Ohio. Doors open at 7:00 AM and Seminar will start at 8:00 AM. The clubs will be providing breakfast food and drinks for sale and we will be having food trucks at the event to provide lunch (at attendees expense). We will also be selling snacks and baked goods.

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Again this year we are having sessions focusing on Kayak Fishing along with all of our traditional speakers. We have a great lineup of speakers this year covering a wide variety of topics. Below is a list of our Speakers:

  1. Russ Bailey from Brushpile Fishing – Crappie Tactics
  2. Nate Boldman from Nasty Nate’s Baits – Central Ohio Crappie Fishing
  3. Mark Blauvelt – Big Water Navigation and Safety
  4. Joe Owens – Central Ohio Catfish Tactics
  5. Jim Horan – Where are Bruisin’ Channel Cats?  Does history rinse and repeat?
  6. Kayak Mike and Ryan Bortz – Kayak Fishing – Advanced Catfish Tactics
  7. Kayak Mike and Ryan Bortz – Kayak Fishing – Advanced Catfish Tournament Angling
  8. Mike Defibaugh, Walleye/Saugeye Fishing Pro – Mixing Old School Fishing with Forward Facing Sonar
  9. Jeremy Pritt, ODNR – Evaluating Ohio’s fishing regulations: what we can and can’t do with length limits
  10. Jay Siefring – Alum and Hoover Bass
  11. Jeremy Reese – Bass Tactics

To learn more about our speakers checkout our Speakers Bio Page.

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Here is an episode of Brushpile Fishing from one of our speakers, Russ Bailey, that aired this past year from an outing on Hoover.

We will also be having our raffle with lots of great items up for grabs. Each paid attendee will receive (5) raffle tickets and we will be selling additional raffle tickets at the event. New this year we will be providing online registration only and will also be able to accept credit/debit cards for raffle and other items the day of the event.

The Central Ohio Fishing Seminar (COFS) is the primary fundraising event for the Hartley’s Hawgs as well as the Hawgs sibling club, the Walnut Springs Middle School Fishing Club. 100% of the proceeds are split between the two clubs.

The goal of the Central Ohio Fishing Seminar is to provide entertaining, educational, and engaging fishing content with a focus on the many great fishing opportunities in the Central Ohio area. Each attendee enjoys four conference (classroom) sessions presented by local area anglers. There are also vendor exhibits from several area outdoor related vendors/organizations. The event closes with a raffle of several prize packages! The event typically draws 300+ fishing enthusiasts from the Central Ohio area.

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Below are some pictures from past events.