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Summer 2020
I
t seems the California to
Alabama migration among
California professional anglers is more than a trend. Aaron Martens
and Justin Lucas are two who made
that move along with Mark Daniels,
Jr. Each of them brought along some
valuable lessons learned from the
West Coast to their careers as traveling
professional bass anglers.
Daniels now fishes the Major
League Fishing Bass Pro Tour, along
with those other two Cali-Bama
transplants, and has brought many
of the tools he learned on western
waters across the country. He’s also
been forced to learn to adapt and be
willing to learn things to survive as a
professional angler.
DANIELS THE “DELTA RAT”
Even though Daniels hails from Northern California, with some of the most diverse fisheries anywhere, the California Delta was where he spent his time. This was a valuable place to learn as he has found many similarities from his home waters when fishing unknown waters.
“There are many of the same types of vegetation in places like Florida and even up north in New York,” he said. “That has helped when we go to those fisheries because I can relate to what worked on the Delta.”
Credit Phoenix Moore
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