By the way, what kind of bass is that? I first thought a smallmouth, but I don't see the white tip on the end of the gill plate. Pretty pattern if it's a largemouth.

Also, is that fish in the water? And alive I take it? I see the metal stringer there.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."