That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 26, 2021

“The people who catch the fish don’t decide who won. The people who weigh the fish do.” — Josef Stalin

“Damn, the recipe is in the other book!”

McGregor thinks his bait is big enough to catch Nessie.

Whoops, give me a couple of minutes: it’s time for the evening prayers.

Julius Drewe checked his book to examine / whether he’d before caught this type salmon. / He had authored with pride / “Scotland’s Fish-Watchers Guide.” / Julius feasted and never knew famine.

Peter, trying to figure out if whatever the heck he caught was on his permit list.

Dr. Watson sometimes thought that he should have studied veterinary medicine.

I caught a fish so large, it was bigger than a … mmm … wait a minute, let look it up in my thesaurus.

“Well, Mr. Walton, I checked out all the angles and I got me a fish—sooo, what woud ye have me do with it?”

Like shooting fish in a dry river bottom…

He caught fish by the dozens, McGill. / He had almost a magical skill. / They jumped onto his hook / when he read from his book, / brought from Hogwarts, just over that hill.

“OK, to be fair, I am giving you a chance to escape. See, my back is turned, and I am even reading a book. If you are still there when I turn back, it means you want to be eaten”

Know your plaice….

“It says here, ‘Now that you’ve caught a Cod you have to kiss it on the Mouth…..and give it some tongue.’…..What the heck? I have noticed that these folks in Newfoundland sure do drink a lot…..but to kiss a dead fish….makes me want to Screech!”

Nothin’ is more common than a sermon to a salmon in the mor-or-ornin’…

charles martin consults his fishing rod instruction manual to see if he can find out what to do about a fish that’s beached itself…

“Herman Melville’s Guide to Catching Fish”

Is that fish’s name Wanda?

Best catch ever — he’s reeling with joy.

I fail to see the appeal/ of the sport of the rod and the reel/ while you stand in a brook /you’d best bring a book/ – no matter what lands in your creel.

Sherlock Holmes’s dumber brother, “I say ol’bean, something is a miss here.” “Rather fishy, fetch my pipe and my glass while I ponder this situation.”

Although the part about the ‘right to remain silent’ is kind of pointless.

OK, when he’s not looking we sneak up behind him, but then what??

Does the book say I can or can’t touch that with a ten foot pole?

With book in hand Bart just knew he would win Best Dressed at the annual Librarian’s Fishing Tournament

Hmmmm. Smells like fish, tastes like chicken.

“You have the right to remain tasty. Any seasoning may be used on you in a pan of our choosing. You have the right to be slow broiled. If you are dry, a sauce will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to fill my belly?”

That fish was of such vast proportions/ that it led to a string of misfortunes -/ for it wrought devastation/ on his whole reputation:/ he became known for shameless distortions !

“Let’s see here. ‘Remove the dorsal fin by cutting along each side with a sharp knife. Then grasp the end near the tail with one hand and give a quick pull toward the head.’ Ugh… that sounds positively barbaric. What say we go to Red Lobster, chap?”

“Fishing For Dummies 101”

Sherlock Holmes and the case of the fishing Pole.

_Hmmm. The fish left a suicide note… “I’ve been kicked out of med school. I’ll never be a sturgeon like Ma always hoped. GOODBYE CRUEL SEAWORLD!”

It’s in Scotland

You do not have to say anything. But, it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.

What if Miranda was wrong?

More like Last Rights.

Julius Charles Drewe (1856 - 1931) at Faskally: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Martin_Hardie_(1858-1916)_-_Julius_Charles_Drewe_(1856%E2%80%931931)_-_903815_-_National_Trust.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image at 

https://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2021/08/masterpiece-2779.html 

I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by him used here.

It says right here I better eat this fish right away or risk getting salmon-ella.

I think Steve Melcher’s original comment is hard to beat. I had a good laugh over of that Miranda joke.

Less known than bird watchers were the enthusiasts known as fish watchers.

First rule of fly fishing … know the type of fish you’re catching.

When in doubt … read the instructions.

If all else fails, refer to Trout Fishing In America or Zen and the Art of Fly Casting.

“By Jove, Watson, it’s the fish of the Baskervilles!”

It’s a good thing I talked to that gentleman with a barometer to tell me when it is a good time to fish. A good catch! Let’s see … when did he say the next good fishing time would be?

Couldn’t find any ISIS-K art?

Hmmmm, I smell something fishy here?