LAKE LANIER IS 3.14 FEET OVER FULL, THE CREEKS ARE STAINED AND THE MAIN LAKE IS CLEAR THE RIVERS AND UP LAKE COVES ARE STAINED. 50’S


This report brought to you by Jimbo Mathley Jimbo on Lanier www.jimboonlanier.com 770 542 7764


The lake has changed a bunch since my last report before the holidays! The lake is up almost 4 feet since my last report! The rivers are muddy and mid-lake is stained. The live creeks in the lower lake are stained, and the lower main lake remains clear. Watch out for floating debris on the lake. The sudden rise in lake level always leads to some potentially dangerous floating logs. Recently, with the rising water, shallower rocky points with a jig and worm in the mornings and sometimes throughout the day have been good. Not as many bites, but the ones you get are good ones. One of my last days out before the seminar, I caught a 5.2 spot near the back of a ditch on a boat ramp, pretty shallow. So those shallow areas are viable as well. The fish are pretty spread out right now, which is another common trait of fast rising water on Lanier. We are catching some worm and jig fish in the 20-30 foot range, but I will say the presence of rock seems to be a key. The spoon bite is still there on some days, but is not nearly as strong as it was before all the rain. Look in the 35-55 ft range for the spoon fish, but that can change any day in terms of the depth they are holding based on the bait. Look for the fish to be tighter to the timber on sunny days, and roaming more in those deep ditches on cloudy days. The creek ditches are holding some fish now in shallower water and we have been catching some on the SuperSpin down in the ditches on some days. Also, with the cooling water temperatures, look for the jerk bait bite to pick up soon back in pockets. THIS is the time to learn those winter patterns, ditch fishing, timber fishing, spoon fishing. It’s a great time to learn them all. I hope you will make plans to come join me. This is a great time to learn the deep timber bite with a spoon, worm, and jig, as well as the SuperSpin fishing in the ditches both deep and shallow! Also winter time shallow fishing in backs of pockets and ditches! Here are my open dates for January: 8(AM), 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 28, 29, 30, 31 The weather looks warm and fishy! Give me a call and let’s fish! Thanks to all and May God Bless!


We have all the details for our On the Water SONAR School on our web SCHOOLS page. We have the LOWRANCE LIVE and the NEW 3D Lowrance Technology on our boat. Bring any HDS machine only to Lake Lanier and learn it ALL in one day. Call Ken for details. See our Southern Fishing Schools page for the latest screen shots of the LOWRANCE 3D technology. See bass over a ladder in 10 feet of water 158 feet from my boat. www.lowrance.com


Ask for a free sonar set up sheet by sending me an email to ken@southernfishing.com. Please tell me what model machine you have.


Call Brian Leiva at www.bbgmarine.com 888 570 0916 for all your Lowrance and other technology.


We have these books for sale BASS FISHING ON WEST POINT LAKE BASS FISHING LAKE RUSSELL BASS FISHING WEST POINT LAKE and BASS FISHING LAKE HARTWELL. These books have lots of bass fishing and covers every week of the year. Each book $39.00. If you would like a sample of any book send us an e mail to ken@southernfishing.com.


We offer these waypoints for sale. You get the coordinates and you load them into your GPS unit for Lake Allatoona for $99.00 Lake Lanier for $99.00 Lake Oconee for $99.00 Lake Weiss for $99.00 Lake Hartwell for $99.00 WAYPOINTS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE




The 2019 Progressive Atlanta Boat Show is January 10 to 13, 2019 at the Georgia World Congress Center building A. We will have room 312 for FISHING SEMINARS and there will be one seminar every hour each day. http://www.atlantaboatshow.com/seminars