The "lost" joke

Months ago I went golfing with Christian and his parents. While taking a break in the clubhouse before starting the back nine, Dean starts telling jokes. Of all the jokes, one had me rolling. Later that week, we were trying to remember this one particular joke and simply couldn't. Months passed and occasionally I'd ask if anyone happened to remember the joke, but no one could. Then as I'm getting home from volleyball late one night, I get a call from Christian and he says "I've got it!". I'm posting it here so that we don't forget it again next week.

The Joke
Q: How do you catch a polar bear while ice fishing?
A: Cut a hole in the ice and put 3 peas around the edge of the hole. When the polar bear comes to take a pea, you kick him in the ice hole.
(For those of you who are a little slower, "ice hole" sounds a lot like "@$$ hole")
Thanks Margaret for the correction on the joke

Not the funniest joke in the world, but it had me rolling and we sure couldn't remember it for anything.