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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