Best Carp Bait

[AnnaWerner]

I'd say forget about looking for a magic bait, concentrate your efforts on finding where the fish are.

 

I agree, though some generalizations about bait types might be made. This time of year, the Carp are either preparing to spawn or recovering after spawning, and so are eating an awful lot. They'll probably key in particularly to protien, so live bait (i.e. worms, maggots, casters) and meat (luncheon meat) might be good options. Scopex Pescaviva works well for me, and I believe it's because Scopex is a meat protein. Nightcrawlers (LARGE earthworms) also perform well for me here, though every other species gobbles them up as well.

[Newt]

Anna - Nightcrawlers = Lob Worms

 

Their lobs are not quite as sensitive to warm weather as crawlers so may be a slightly different sub-species but effectively they are as close to the same as zander to walleye.