Norman Freebeck of Florence, Ala., considers the bone-colored Bomber Long A his secret weapon when fishing near the (undisclosed) dam along the Tennessee River, and the lure outperformed his expectations on Sunday, July 18, when a single cast netted not one but two chunky largemouth bass. Doubles (two fish on a single lure) aren’t completely unheard-of, but Norm’s double weighed almost 10 pounds.
“I was fishing with my 6-year-old daughter, Holland, when I got the hit near the dam,” Freebeck said. “Up there, the Long A will catch all kinds of fish including largemouth, smallmouth, drum, stripers and even gar.”
He said when the fish struck he knew he had something substantial but wasn’t fighting like any fish he’d caught on this particular waterway, which he requested remain undisclosed.