Is there any bait that carp wont eat?

[southernclive]

Hi Sheepy

Carp are underwater pigs, they will eat anything, this is why they populate so many different types of water, they can make use of the varied foodsources. They may have preferences we can use to our advantage - but most of the time they will eat "almost" anything you present to them.

Most of the rejection of foodstuffs we present to them is due to the situation they find it in - i.e. they're scared finless after being caught a few times by a method/in an area/at a certain time/on that bait before. Yeh, they do remember.... dunno how but they do.

[rob.i]

Carp will eat almost anything my [secret bait] is is red or yellow peppers cut into squares with the hook embedded in the pepper with the hookpoint shwing works on tench and bream too

[SteveH]

Topic: Is there any bait that carp wont eat?

 

Any bait I am currently using normally gets refused

[chesters1]

turtles ,in all my years of fishing i have never encountered carp eating turtles nor read of them doing so either if turtles are hard to find in your tackle shops try tortoises

[Toerag]

Do they ever take fishbaits intended for pike?

[chesters1]

yes, caught a carp on a gudgeon

[Steve Burke]

Toerag:

Do they ever take fishbaits intended for pike?

Carp are an absolute pest when I'm after perch with deadbaits. And I don't just mean small ones either! I have to go up to 5" baits to avoid the carp!

[Tel]

yep nash F1

[Dick Dastardly]

Speak to eel anglers about carp picking up lives and deads!

[*Ant*]

It strikes me as a little strange how folks can get upset with other anglers. If an angler wants to cast willy-nilly to the horizon and then retire serenely to a bivvy to await a bite so what. If that is how they get their enjoyment from angling fair play to them. I certainly don't have a problem with how someone chooses to fish, no-matter which methods or tactics they wish to employ. To many anglers, just being at the waters edge away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life is enough, let them enjoy their pastime in the way they seem fit.