Double Whammy is a 1987 novel by Carl Hiaasen. The protagonist, a private investigator, is hired to expose a celebrity bass fisherman as a cheat and is drawn into a frame-up for murder. The book introduced the character of "Skink", who becomes a recurring character in Hiaasen's subsequent novels.
First edition
Bass fishing is the recreational fishing activity, typically via rod-based angling, for various game fishes of North America known collectively as black bass. There are numerous black bass species targeted in North America, including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass or Kentucky bass, and Guadalupe bass. All black bass species are members of the sunfish family Centrarchidae.
Smallmouth bass caught on the Missouri River in Niobrara, Nebraska, U.S.
Largemouth bass (M. salmoides) caught by an angler in Iowa
M. salmoides (largemouth bass) caught by an angler in Connecticut
Example of a very young specimen of M. salmoides (largemouth bass) caught by an angler in Minnesota