Above Average Joe recently spent time at his grandparents house and nearly doubled over when he accidentally uncovered the strong smell of his family’s longtime catfish bait. To make it, you should warm a pound of cheese spread and then mix with eight ounces of beef blood and a container of garlic that is minced. Add some saw dust to the mix until it is tacky. Then you should seal it in a tight jar and let it sit there for about a week and then it’s done.
Key Takeaways:
- Grandpa’s special bait was known as catfish “cheese” and was prepared and allowed to ripen extensively to achieve its horrific odor.
- Family camping trips occurred in October, in the Piney Woods National Forrest, of East Texas.
- Fishing trips were done on Lake Sam Rayburn, and began at around 4:00 AM.
“As a child, I would get as far to the back of the boat as possible but nothing would escape that smell. You would have that lingering odor on you for days on end. I could never believe it when we would pull up hundreds of pounds of catfish, a few alligator gar, the occasional snapping turtle, and even more rare, an actual alligator.”