What is the best bait for Carp?

[steve17]

I seem to rememeber reading this somewhere (possibly in one of Jim Gibbinson's books?), and that Tesco's version is the same size and recipe as the original Chum mixers.

 

Think its mentioned in Terry Hearn's book, havent got a local tescos so havent had chance to buy any yet but when im next in one il buy some and let you know how i get on.

[kozak0085]

over here in the US i think the best bait you can use for common carp is just bread.

 

Caught my first carp today on a doughball ill post the pic tommorrow when my fishing buddy sends me the pic. I think he's pretty jealous so he may not

[James Pos]

Thanks for the info.

 

Regards James

[liam walker]

Can aneyone tell what is there best bait for carp.

 

Regards James

 

hi james, the best bait that i have found for catching carp is some lunchin meat cut up into cubes and then tossed into some curry powder.

[Elton]

You could also try some that are in this forum:

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/Bait-f59.html

[waza132]

Well i would recomend spam i tryed it and they were coming like every 1 minute

[CARP GURU]

Hi James,

 

My chosen bait for carp will depend a lot on the venue and how I’m fishing it.

 

My favourite way of fishing for carp is by stalking, where you can get ‘up close and personal’ with your quarry, and my preferred bait for this approach would be worm fished over a little particle mix – absolutely deadly at close range.

 

I also like to use a lot of natural baits, as I feel many anglers overlook them so again, I find they work very well; nuts, beans, maize, etc. You need to make sure they are well soaked and prepared properly before use though.

 

If I’m fishing at range, I’ll most likely use boilies. My favourite types are Snail & Shell and Shellfish B5, and I prefer fresh/frozen to shelf life.

 

At the moment I’m doing a lot of surface fishing for carp, so it’s dog biscuits fished on the top, I like to use Pedigree Mixer.

 

Tight Lines…

 

Julian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Im with you on that last part ive had a lot of carp recently on pedigree dog biscuits lately so its definately worth a try lad.

[Worms]

Otter poo!

[daddypig]

My personal fav baite for Carp is double corn ,allways seems to work.But often use Pinapple boilie or source boilie.Had a good bit of luck on Halibut as well but they seem to be fizzing out.

on the venue i fish most it is mainline pracive pineapple ,activ8 or maple 8but i fish one venue where boilies wont score at all but a big lobworm will.It really depends on the venue the fish even the weather in my opinion has an impact on what the carp will take as food.But if you decide to use boilies then stick to one brand and one flavor and keep putting it in the more they see of the bait the more they will look at it as a food source hope this helps

[curry]

Hi Ross its James from skl thanks for the reply and welcome to anglers net.Thanks to the rest of you that replied. Hope you all have a good season.

 

Regards James

i found the best bait for large carp on lakes is a chunk of crusty bread,on a size 8 hook,10 lb line direct to the hook,with a few large shot to aid casting.but moisten bread then dip it in curry powder

i use bait-bands to hold the bread.