Albertville angler finishes top five in weekend tourney

Alex Davis has big return to the water.

Ll: alex davis moved from colorado to alabama to pursue his professional fishing career, after a three month hiatus because of the coroanvirus pandemic, he albertville angler is heating up placing top five in the flw tackleware pro circuit super tournament.

Pkg: it's a reel big day for alex davis who brought in 72 pounds of bass on lake chicamagua.

His four day total sent him home with the fifth place trophy out of hundreds of fisherman.

"i caught a six pounder today, five pounder yesterday, five pounder the day before."

The 8 year vet on the flw pro circuit credits his success to living in sweet home alabama.

"without living in the state of alabama we wouldn't be having this discussion right now.

You cannot bass fish in colorado and make it as a professional fisherman, alabama is the best state in the country to learn."

The colorado native planted his roots here for access to multiple lakes.

"guntersville, smith lake, wheeler, you have everything a fisherman needs."

Davis has fished for 15 years.

He studies lures, electronics, types of lake terrain..

No matter how high he cilmbs the flw ranks, he's learning something new on the water every day.

"when you think you've learned everything you've learned nothing, you're going to get behind, you have to keep learning."

Ll: davis goes to wisconsin next, he'll need to finish well in a couple more tournaments to qualify for the flw title cup this summer.

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