That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for December 21, 2020

Use a different bait next time.

Belinda never knew what a fish was supposed to look like. She was excited and looking forward forward to a nice fish dinner.

“Another left boot? But I was looking for a right one.” “Maybe you should stop storing your shoes at the bottom of the Koi pond.”

apparently, this mountain pool is not as pristine and virginal as it had appeared.

It was his “last” catch of the day.

Hilde suddenly realized that “The Incredible Mr. Limpet” wasn’t just a fish story after all.

The man is a simple brute/who would fish in his finest suit/she just isn’t impressed/ with how well he’s dressed/ and he’s catching nothing, to boot.

This young lady, is the incredible, magical bootfish! Unfortunately, by a law with severe penalties it must be released back to the wild!

The company pond is not the best place to fish. You might get the boot.

She admired the way he handled his rod.

“Yay, Let’s stuff it and hang it over the fireplace. Now can we go behind the rocks and do what we came up here to do?”

Practicing “The Hills Are Alive” to the fisherman’s chagrin.

Oh the high-jinx and hilarity – a picture for the whole family.

"Oh ROGER you do know all the angles of angling!

This was the 9th enemy soldier that Eva had taken “Fishing”. Seeing the boot, Eva feigned surprise, hoping the private wouldn’t suspect foul play.

Elise hoped that this Dragoon was a better rider than a fisherman.

Exact same outfit I wear when I go fishing!

After the eighth boot of the day, Arnold decided this wasn’t the day he caught the Loch Ness monster.

Nessie, on the other hand, was seriously considering adding to her boot collection.

She wasn’t very impressed, so he gave her the boot.

Was she more impressed by his sole or his pole?

“If the colonel didn’t insist that we practice our goose stepping around this pond, I wouldn’t have to fish so many boots out of it!”

“I think the carnival barker was lying when he said I could fish out a teddy bear for my girl!”

Eat your honey!

She: Maybe, you should put your pole somewhere else?

Or maybe Beef Wellington?

That’s not the right bait for Nessie.

“And there’s the other boot! Don’t worry. We’ll get the rest of him out, even if it’s piece by piece.”

“I’ll bet this clown won’t even take his spurs off when he’s making love,” thought an amused Hilda.

“Don’t you have a revolution to be fighting, or something?”

Mean while the enemy troops had advanced to flank Rodger’s Rangers. Excellent job once again by “The Yellow Rose Of Heidleberg.”

She teased his fishing attempt, so he shoe’d her away.

The hardest part for Hilda, was pretending that Georg was SO Amusing. But she’d put in so much time setting him up at this point that she didn’t want to risk losing him.

If he thinks this is surprising, wait until he brings in the rest of the body.

Surprising catch: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georg_Sch%C3%B6bel_-_Ein_%C3%BCberraschender_Fang.jpg 

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

https://www.askart.com/artist/Georg_Schobel/11068818/Georg_Schobel.aspx 

has some info (though he died in 1929 or 1930, not 1941 – other websites have that wrong as well, again, it can be read in full for free on Fridays), about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his German Wikipedia page: 

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Sch%C3%B6bel 

(again, Chrome can automatically translate as necessary). First work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2603 (December 20, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Gretel thought "if only his pole was a little thicker he could get some nice fish, hen hen.

See? I told you this would be cheaper than going to Jimmy Choo!

Welcome ladies and gents to the cliché fishing tournament!