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The Great Southern Fishing Show
Ken Sturdivant
Seminars
• Latest Lures and Tackle for Bass Fishing: Professional angler Ken Sturdivant will show some of the new lures, rods, and reels
all anglers can use for their spring and summer bass fishing trips.
• Finding Fish with Modern Technology: See how pros find structure and fish with modern technology. Ken Sturdivant of the Lowrance Professional Fishing Staff will show anglers the latest in Lowrance Sonar, Structure Scan, and Down Scan technology.
Bio
Ken Sturdivant is a native Georgian and has fished the lakes, streams and rivers all over the
southeast.
Having been an avid angler fishing Georgia lakes and stream since the age of 4. Ken has been teaching angling skills learned over 50 years. He has fished the lakes and streams all over the south. His method and manner of teaching and instructional skills, has helped propel him into a national limelight. Ken joined the Bass Anglers Sportsman's Society in 1968 and is charter member number 263. That society now has more than 600,000 members. Ken owns every issue of BassMasters magazine.
In 1970, Ken chartered the Metro Bass Masters, a Bass Anglers Sportsman's Society affiliated club. In 1982 and 1983, Ken was the president of the Metro Bass Masters. Ken was the club's Master Angler in 1981, 1982 and 1983.In 1981, Ken began teaching "On the Water Fishing Schools" on area lakes. The schools include Rods, Reels and Lures for Bass, Maps and Depth Finders, Stripers! and Crappie Year Round. He also teaches advanced fishing techniques and tournament techniques. In addition to these projects, Ken has added a series of audio, DVD and video tapes on the market that are related to helping anglers find and catch more fish. In 1982, Ken developed the Southern Fishing Schools. Since that time, Ken has thousands of graduates of his schools and seminars. His events are often sold out. These events include Striper Fever, The Southern Fishing Bass Schools, Slab A Thon and a 12 month series of mini seminars called the Southern Fishing Seminar Series.
Ken is a full time guide and fishing instructor on Lake Sidney Lanier. He has been guiding on the lake since 1978 and fishes the lake an average of 200 days a year. Ken offers the only full time fishing schools in the south. He teaches over 500 students a year during his Exclusive "On the Water" schools. During 1984, Ken began to host local angling clinics and has been weigh master and master of ceremonies for many local charitable tournaments.
Also, Ken began to appear on national radio and television shows featuring his angling skills. Over the following years, Ken hosted and appeared on local, regional and national radio and television shows, as well as producing many types of outdoor shows and clinics. Ken has also been featured in regional as well as national and international fishing publications. During 1989, Ken began a writing career as an outdoor writer with several local, statewide and national publications. Ken writes about fresh water fishing as well as covering the local, regional and national fishing events.
In the last 30 years, Ken has covered such as the Bass Masters Classics, The Red Man All American, The Golden Blend World Championships, the BASSIN Gals World Championships and many other events. Ken has developed a reputation of delivering accurate and timely coverage of these outdoor events.
During 1981, Ken began making personal appearances as well as directing and promoting local anglers. Basking Robins, Wal-Mart, American Telephone and Telegraph, Marta, the Olde Atlanta Club, Sportstown, Honda, Sports Authority, K Mart, Georgia Power, Hammonds Pro Bass, and Bass Pro Shops Sportsman's Warehouse are a few of these promotions. In 1985, Ken began to operate the SOUTHERN FISHING SCHOOLS in the Atlanta area. Bass, stripers and crappie schools have been attended by thousands of local anglers. Since 1995, Ken has published several fishing books including 52 Weeks on Lake Lanier, 52 Weeks of Lake Allatoona, Bass Fishing lake Allatoona, Bass Fishing Lake Russell and 52 Weeks of West Point Lake.
Starting in 1994, Ken has and his staff of instructors host all the fishing seminars for the Atlanta Boat Show teaching fishing clinics hourly on the "Hawg Trough". He also hosts daily seminars each year at the Summer Boat Show and the Gwinnett Civic Center. Ken has been a lecturer at Georgia Powers "Great Outdoors Show".
Starting in September of 1995, Ken began to hold monthly fishing seminars at the new Bass Pro Shops "Sportsman Warehouse". At that time he was the first angler offered a Pro Staff position. Also in the fall of 1995, Ken hosted the original Southern Fishing Schools at this location. He is featured Saturday's at the famous "Bass Tub" to standing room crowds during his hourly seminars. In late 1997, Ken began hosting a series of fishing seminars at the Wal Mart Super Center in Cumming, Georgia.
In 1998, Ken began weekly fishing reports on local lakes on Prestige Cable Television on TV4 in Cumming, Canton and surrounding locations. The Original Southern Fishing Report is a weekly fishing report on 12 lakes in the state. This report is available weekly at hundreds of locations throughout the Atlanta market. These locations included 13 K Mart's, 19 Wal Marts, 5 Sports Authorities, 3 Galyan's, 19 Australian Body Works and many other local tackle and sporting goods locations.
Ken produces "The Original Southern Fishing Report" on Lake Lanier, Lake Allatoona, and West Point Lake by subscription via a weekly fax and e mail newsletter. In addition to these projects, Ken has added a series of audio tapes, DVD's and hosts the weekly fishing reports to the market that are related to helping anglers find and catch more fish. In 1998, Ken introduced his new video, Rods, Reels and Lures for Bass.
Ken was one of the first anglers offered a position on the Bass Pro Shops Professional Fishing Staff when the first Sportsman's Warehouse came to Atlanta.
For the last 15 years, the National Marine Manufactures Association brings the Atlanta Boat Show to town every January. Ken is responsible for all the fishing seminars and events in the "Let's Go Fishing" area every year. Hosting hourly seminars, Ken brings many local experts to the show entertaining the boat show customers.
Ken has been a speaker and/or host at the Atlanta Boat Show, The Great Outdoors Show, the Atlanta Shallow Water Expo, the Summer Boat Show at the North Atlanta Trade Center, Bass Madness at Bass Pro Shops as well as Sportsman's Warehouse events many other events at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World as well as other local and regional special events.
The new web site, Have Fun Fishing.com hosts thousands of anglers daily for the weekly updated fishing reports. These reports called The Southern Fishing Report are also posted on as many as 20 national web sites weekly.
The current web site www.havefunfishing.com offers a weekly radio program. The web site also posts weekly fishing reports updated by local guides. The Have Fun Fishing web site is a Bass Pro Shops Affiliate.
Ken is on the Professional Fishing Staff for Lowrance and Eagle Electronics, The Dam Store and Lake Lanier Fishing and Outdoors.
DOB 10-2-46
1967-1971 United States Air Force veteran/ Air Force Commendation Medal/ Viet Nam veteran 1968/69
