Hillbilly Fishing Trip

A hillbilly was out fishing early one morning, sitting quietly in his little boat in the middle of the lake.

After a while, another man rowed up nearby and started casting his line.

Within minutes, the second man caught a big fish.

Then another.

And another.

Meanwhile, the hillbilly hadn’t caught a single thing.

Finally, curious, he called out, What bait you using?

The man held it up. Worms.

The hillbilly frowned.

That’s strange… he said.

The man asked, What are you using?

The hillbilly reached into a jar and held up a small piece of cheese.

Cheese? the man said. Fish don’t eat cheese.

The hillbilly shrugged.

Well… mine do.

Just then, his line jerked hard.

He grinned, reeled it in slowly… and pulled up an old boot.

The other man started laughing.

The hillbilly looked at the boot, nodded thoughtfully, and said:

See? Even the fish around here got good taste.