Kevin Hawk Wins Cup

Officially, Kevin Hawk is from Ramona, Califonia, but he used a hard-earned "local edge" to help win the 2010 Forrest Wood Cup on Georgia's Lake Lanier. Hawk made a temporary move to Buford, GA last November, as soon as he qualified for the cup through the FLW Series National Guard Western Division. Since moving across the country, he has fished the lake every day possible, often from sun-up to sundown, to learn as much as possible about it's deep clear waters, its spotted bass, its blueback herring and more.

Hawk does not intend to stay in Georgia, but he's also not headed back to California. Instead, he and another FLW pro intend to rent a house near Alabama's Lake Guntersville.

Hawk, who caught his fish drop-shotting and by casting a Fish Head Spin rigged with a Zoom Fluke, noted that the similarities between Lake Lanier and the deep clear waters in Southern California helped him feel at home on the lake right away. Adding credence to that notion, three of the top six finishers in the Cup were from California, and a fourth was from Washington.