In my senior year of high school in 1949/1950 a couple of my friends and myself decided to find out how this man always seemed to have catfish to give away each morning. It wasn't just occasionally but nearly every day. He worked at a friends Dad's Slaughter House and Meat Locker. He worked long hours each day six days a week. The only time he didn't fish was night temperature below freezing or raining. He would not tell us just where he fished but said he fished all night long. He let it slip on day that he fished on the Pecan Bayou, which was a creek that fed into Lake Brownwood. It heads in Callahan County (near Hookers home), then across upper corner of Coleman County and then in Brown County before joining Lake Brownwood on upper end of lake. So that did not really tell us a great deal since it covered lots of country. We decided to do a little detective work and find out where. We watched him when he left work in the afternoon. He took highway 36 south out of Cross Plains Texas heading towards Lake Brownwood Texas. There were three places he could exit highway 36 and get to Pecan bayou. Our next step was to find out which exit he took. We staked out the first exit and he did not take that so we proceeded to check out the second exit and he did not take that one either. So then we beat him to the exit and drove close to the Pecan Bayou, hid and awaited for him to arrive. Sure enough he showed. He set up his camp which consisted of a folding cot and a grill with legs on it. He then baited his hooks and put them into the water. It was getting late in the day because of the long hours he worked each day and the drive time. He built a fire and cooked his evening meal. We stayed out of sight and observed. Just after it got dark he baited some more hooks and remover the rods he has baited before his meal. He then place the newly baited hooks in the water, he fastened a line to each big toe. and laid down on his cot. That was when we realized how he was able to fish all night and work the next day. We later told him what we had done and he thought it was funny. He said some nights he was only awaken once or twice but other times it happened several times a night. He said that even the smallest cat would get your attention. We assured him his method and place was safe with us and the appreciated that. We did go and fish with him some a few times but not by his method. The was just as the Pecan Bayou flow and the lake water met. Some time I regret never having tried it. Since he had access to all the cattle blood he wanted, that was what he used for bait. He would let it congeal and then cut it into 3/4 inch cubes and place it in the sun to dry it out. That make it stay on the hook better. In past years when there were two slaughter houses near by, they would give you the blood if you provided a container, I used it and it worked fairly well but still hard to keep on hook. Both houses have now closed so don' have source any more. I don't think this method would work for me but it sure worked for him. Please if anyone tried it post it so we know how it worked for you. LOL