I wouldn't think brains would be hard to find. They serve them in authentic mexican food restaurants as barbacoa, its pretty damn good too. Check out a local mexican meat market. Maybe even a Fiesta Mart if those are still around.

And the delicate line of civility between the BASS fisherman and the CATFISH fisherman.........W-I-D-E-N-S!!

This fish was floatin behind my camp so I thought I would sink it to the bottom. I thought it would attract catfish but apparently this and all the fish we clean have been bringing in alot of TURTLES. I am about to start relocating turtles, Does anyone know how to get rid of them?

barbacoa dont have brains in it. It is supposed to be made from cow head or cow cheek but most taqorias sell cow NECK as barbacoa. barbacua is like $10 a pound. I would eat them tacos before I would feed it to the lake LOL!

If you want to make some at home or maybe not home but close.
For brains try a Oriental typ stor. I have bought brains for one in Richardson. Look for out dated you can get it cheeper. I made a gallon for about $5.00 a few years back

http://www.whiskerkitty.com/bells_of_hell_bait.html

Where in Richardson? I checked all the oriental and Mexican markets with no luck.

Grand Dad used to mix hog brains, old cheese, and pureed shad, place into a paint can and set it out in the sun. I remember it would swell to about twice the amount placed in the can. I also remember why I didn't like to fish with Grand Dad very often. That stuff smelled awful, but we did catch a lot of catfish with it.

much of my critter relocating success involved some kind of lead poisoning.

I make a bait from equal parts of cheese, pork brains, and ground up meat fat (5 lbs. of each). Let it rot (stirring occasionally) and mix in cattails to thicken. I call it Catish Candy. Works great, stays on the hook, and lasts in a sealed container forever practically. I personally caught 1,500 cats in Fork with it in 2011 when I kept accurate records. I don't sell it any more except to friends so don't mind sharing the recipe. I get my pork brains from Columbia Meat Packing based in Dallas.

Went online and it looks like he's no longer in business ( Bill's in Oklahoma).

The go-to stinkbait recipe I grew up with was beef brains, limburger cheese, and some oil of anus.

This company makes some excellent dip bait: http://cattracker.com/index.php

I'm from OK, and used to use Bill's, and had good luck with it. The best local stinkbait is O'henry's, made in Gracemont, OK.

Think I'll pass.

I think he means Anise....

I did not cows had brains,mine was stuuupid. I thougth pigs were the barn yard genius's.