He worked hard then, and works just as hard if not harder now. I freelanced for Bassin’ Magazine back then, and my friend, Louie Stout, a senior writer for Bassmaster, once told me about this kid who was starting a career in fishing and who not only “talks the talk, but walks the walk.” Zona helped me put together several feature stories, providing insight on posing for pictures after catching a bass. I’ve known Mark since he was fresh out of high school in the early ‘90s. Zona’s middle name is actually Chris, not “Malachi,” as he first told me. A set of shelves has several large trophies and plaques from Zona’s days as a touring pro angler. Loomis rods in vertical rod racks on the floor with packs of Strike King lures hanging on on pegs on the wall. The barn is neat as a pin, with a vast array of Shimano reels on G. ![]() Zona sits here and sorts through a tackle tray of different-sized hooks. ![]() There’s a living room with chairs and a short sofa, and a coffee table in front of a flat-screen TV. Nothing is really extravagant in here except his Nitro Z21 bass boat along with a pontoon and a trailer suited for an ATV. Unremarkable on the outside, but inside it’s a brightly lit man cave that Robin Leach could introduce on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. ![]() It takes texting, scheduling and rescheduling before I’m in Mark Malachi Zona’s “fishing barn” that stands on its own piece of property across a residential road from a lake in southern Michigan.
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