BassFan.com has a long article about Tom Mann Jr., a Lake Lanier fisherman. He's doing really, really well on the pro circuit currently and he'd driven by one major goal:

"The announcement that the 2010 [Forrrest Wood] Cup would be held at Lanier lit a fire under Mann when it came last December. He knew his quickest route to qualification – which would mean a shot at $1 million on a body of water he knows like it's his own living room – was through this year's Series. 

Mann expects Lanier to be in great shape when the 2010 Cup finally arrives. "Last December it was down 20 feet (due to drought), and today as we speak it's less than 7 feet low. We've had a wet spring and it continues to rise on a daily basis, and the fishing is fantastic. It's the best spotted bass fishery in the world for both quality and quantity. The first part of August isn't prime time anywhere in the Southeast, but you can probably catch more nice fish there than anywhere else (in the region) at that time of year."