Ep. 466: This Country Life - Bait It's What's For Dinner
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.9 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Join us for an eclectic group of facts and memories about fishing bait from Brent's storied upbringing. You'll hear how bait that was purposed for a fish's mouth ended up in his. He's also sharing an impromptu lesson he used to calm his oldest daughter's fear of insects. You may want to try it yourself, but we doubt it. All that and more on this week's episode of "This Country Life" podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | If you do off-season work, you know it beats up gear, scouting, land work, |
| 0:04.1 | crawling through briar patches, brush, weather, long days. |
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| 0:29.2 | Welcome to this country life. |
| 0:31.4 | I'm your host, Brent Reeves. |
| 0:33.5 | From Coon Hutton to Trotlining and just general country living, |
| 0:37.0 | I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences and life lessons. |
| 0:41.9 | This Country Life is presented by Case Knives from the Storemore Studio on Meat Eat Eaters Podcast Network, |
| 0:49.4 | bringing you the best outdoor podcasts that Airways have to offer. |
| 0:53.7 | All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. |
| 0:57.7 | I've got some stories to share. |
| 1:03.3 | Fish bait. |
| 1:04.6 | It's what's for dinner. |
| 1:07.0 | It's kind of an overlooked part of fishing, not in the physical sense because you've got to have it before you go, whether it's the first thing you get or the last thing. |
| 1:17.7 | But bait is interesting to me. |
| 1:20.5 | I'm going to tell you a few stories about experiences that I've had with bait and maybe teach you something along the way. |
| 1:27.7 | Y'all join me at the fire and let's get started. Fishing means bait and bait comes in three main |
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