LOL!
A fish story (an oldy but a goody)
A new conservation officer at a village in Newfoundland decides to nab an old fisherman notorious for always having fresh fish every day even out of season.
One early morning the conservation officer hides his car and himself up a side road from the dock behind a clump of trees.
Sure enough 15 minutes later he sees the old pickup truck driven by the old fisherman drive up to the dock area.
Wanting to catch the old fisherman red handed he waits patiently for the old fisherman to return to the truck with his fresh "catch".
Some 20 minutes later he sees the old fisherman dragging a big cooler up the hill from the dock towards his truck and jumps into action. Driving up to the old pickup, lights flashing, he notices the old fisherman, seemingly totally unconcerned, lifting the obviously heavy cooler onto the back of his truck.
The conservation officer confronts the fisherman with the statement, "Sean McDonneghy, you are under arrest for fishing out of season".
Sean, the old fisherman says, "whater ye talcen aboot, I ain't been fishin?".
The officer says, "open that cooler Sean".
Sean opens the cooler and sure enough two large live fish are in the water filled cooler.
"There's no arguing with that evidence is there Sean? I've caught you red handed this time.", says the officer.
Without batting an eye Sean replies, "thems me trained fish that I takes out for their swim every mornin'. They swim for about 15 minutes and then I calls em back from their swim with me whistler rig."
Flabbergasted and unbelieving the officer nontheless has to prove that Sean is lying so he asks Sean to prove his assertion.
The officer helps Sean carry the heavy fish and water laden cooler back down to the end of the dock where Sean gently lowers each of the fish into the water.
Sean then nonchalantly lights up his pipe and sits quietly on the end of the dock with the officer standing behind him.
After about 20 minutes the officer say, "well Sean, aren't you going to call your fish back?"
Sean, turns to the officer, smiling, with a surprised look on his face, and declares, "what fish?"