summer carp bait

[Chris Bettis]

Bread first thing to try followed by peperami and then prawns.Bread will probably do the job as it always has.

[Duebel]

What about potatoes? I used them for river carp fishing some 30 years ago. They were very selectiv.

[MaggotDrowner]

Spam has always been my favourite. Followed by sweetcorn. I never use maggots or worms for carp because the smaller species always get to them first. As for potato I have no faith in it.

[SmilerSmith]

Has anybody ever tried chickpeas ?

[Dave Burr]

Chickpeas have caught many carp SS, they take on a colour or flavour well during preparation too. I've not had any success with them for barbel and have yet to try for carp but I have had carp on red kidney beans straight from the tin. Any pulse - correctly prepared - will catch with broad beans being a popular bait many moons ago.

Supermarket shelves are full of carp baits and the Polish corner has some great sausages

[Danny Boy]

luncheon meat o natural or cut it cubes the night before and coat in chillie or curry powder ,had some cracking carp on this ,pressured and non pressured waters.

[ExeAngler]

Prawns, Bread, Corn, Meat, Chum mixer.. Go for off the top or in the Margins. That is what I would do. I am down in Cornwall in August and will be staying at a site near St Austell and will be fishing a similar type of place.