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Article: Hawkes Wins Wal-Mart FLW Series Event on Lake Cumberland in a Landslide.
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- May 6, 2006
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SOMERSET, Ky., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Yamaha pro Mike Hawkes of Sabinal, Texas, caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 12 pounds, 7 ounces to give him a four-day total of 18 bass weighing 46 pounds, 15 ounces to win the Wal-Mart FLW Series event on Lake Cumberland near Somerset, Ky. Hawkes, who qualified for the 2005 Wal-Mart FLW Tour Championship, won by more than 10 pounds to earned $100,000.
Anglers did not experience Lake Cumberland at its finest this past week. Numerous factors contributed to challenging conditions: sluggish, recently spawned bass; water levels that recently increased dramatically; wood debris covering sections of the lake, which was ...