Get your fishing jokes ready because Mike Trout just homered off Anthony Bass

Catch a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll probably be too busy watching Mike Trout highlights to put his new skill to use.

On Sunday, the reigning AL MVP did his thang, launching a two-run homer to center field.

The punchline there, though, is that he hit it off Rangers pitcher Anthony Bass. Yup: Trout homered off Bass. Obviously the Internet had jokes:

Baseball twitter is the best pic.twitter.com/jVUbdBpv9p

- Jason Collette (@jasoncollette) April 26, 2015

We're not exactly sure if there are required licenses or length regulations involved with the legality of keeping that souvenir, but we're positive that it'll look great mounted on the wall in the den.

There was no comment from former Angels star Tim Salmon.