Please be advised that this is a short story (4,000 words).
When his father loses his job, a young painter offers to take him fishing for muskellunge, a barracuda-like freshwater fish, at Big Eagle Lake, in Ontario, Canada.
"A short story about a young artist whose father is obsessed with catching a muskie from the author of two award-winning YA novels, KISS ME, I'M DEAD and CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BODY SNATCHER, plus several thrillers and mysteries including THE WAVE, THE GOD MACHINE, and GOSPEL TRUTHS. Haunting and beautiful."