ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's ambitious proposal to promote fishing in the state has landed a $2.5 million bass-fishing tournament, to be held at Lake Lanier in 2010.

Governor Perdue says his "Go Fish'' proposal helped reel in the 2010 Forrest Wood Cup. The initiative calls for ramps, promotions and a new fishing hatchery to turn Georgia into a national fishing destination.

The four-day tournament will be staged at a "mega-ramp'' being built at Lake Lanier, and organizers say it's likely to attract tens of thousands of spectators.

Perdue said it will have an estimated $30 million economic impact and bolster Georgia's allure to anglers.

Perdue announced the "Go Fish'' program in January 2007 and made it a focus of his legislative agenda.

The governor argued that luring lucrative bass tournaments to Georgia would translate into tourism dollars for the state.

Some $5 million in state dollars were approved in the 2007 budget for the ramps, with local communities providing matching funds.

The governor has also thrown his support behind a $22 million warm-water hatchery and visitor center to be built in middle Georgia.

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