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Carp Bait

Carp Bait

Carp bait is essential for a successful day of carp fishing. It's the key to attracting those fish and getting them interested in your hook. Selecting the right bait is vital—choose wisely, and the carp will come; make a poor choice, and you might be waiting all day for a bite.

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    CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Bait Booster 500ml

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    Introducing Pro-Stim Liver Bait Booster, a specialized liquid designed to enhance the attraction of Pro-Stim Liver products. Formulated with high-q...

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  • CarpLife Black Hook Bait Pot Large
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    CarpLife Black Hook Bait Pot Large & Small

    CarpLife

    CarpLife Black Hook Bait Pot Large & Small  Black Hook Bait pots with a double lid system to prevent leaking of liquids. Made from fo...

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  • Avid Carp Screw Point Yardsticks
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    Avid Carp Screw Point Yardsticks

    Avid

    Screw Point Yard Sticks Yard Sticks make fishing accurately easier than ever before and, due to a couple of stand-out features, they are much more ...

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    Nash Floating Maggot

    Nash

    Nash has released a game-changing hookbait that is perfect for specimen carp anglers – buoyant plastic maggots. These plastic maggots are a durable...

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    Trakker Braid Scissors

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    Trakker Braid Scissors have Ultra-sharp stainless steel blades that are perforated to allow easy cutting through, line, braid and leader material. ...

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    Sticky Baits Pure Fish Liquid

    Sticky Baits

    Pure Fish is made using a mixture of incredibly oily, protein-rich pelagic fish. These high energy, fast swimming creatures provide the liquid with...

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    Thinking Anglers Corkballs

    Thinking Anglers

    Industry standard cork balls in bulk packs of 50 that are ideal for making super-buoyant pop-ups. Now available in 10mm – perfect for smaller pop-u...

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    Mainline Baits Dedicated Fluoro Wafters

    Mainline Baits

    Dedicated Fluoro Wafters as their name suggests are super bright hookbaits that have been designed to create a ‘critically-balanced’ hookbait prese...

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    Sticky Baits Pure Squid Hydro

    Sticky Baits

    Pure Squid Hydrolysate: Unleash the Power of Whole Fresh Squid Harnessing the essence of whole fresh squid, our Pure Squid Hydrolysate stands out a...

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    Trakker Heavy Duty Latch Needle

    Trakker

    Trakker Heavy Duty Latch Needles are made with stainless steel and are ideal for use on boilie and particle hook baits. It comes fitted with a uniq...

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    Sticky Baits Fish Sauce Bait Soak

    Sticky Baits

    This totally natural liquid packs a punch with fermented anchovy extract, salt and sugar, giving it a pungent, salty-sweet kick that fish seem to f...

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    Apex Baits Pure Hemp Oil 500ml

    Apex Baits

    Our hemp oil is one of our biggest sellers and for only £8.99 for 500ml, don't let the cheap price put you off. We source our hemp oil from one of ...

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  • DNA Baits Wraysberries Pop Ups
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    DNA Baits Wraysberries Pop Ups

    DNA Baits

    These highly attractive hook baits have an unrivaled buoyancy, nutritional profile and physical structure. Made entirely from scratch, rather than ...

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    Trakker Essentials Half Sized Glug Pots

    Trakker

    OVERVIEW Our Half-Size Glug Pots are just that – half the size of our standard Glug Pots! At just 5cm in height, they are perfect for keeping hoo...

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    Korda PVA Bag Syringe

    Korda

    The PVA Bag Syringe is perfect for injecting liquids into your PVA bags. Whether this is Goo-based or oil-based liquids, this non-hypodermic syring...

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  • CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Dumbell Boilies 10x15mm
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    CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Dumbell Boilies 10x15mm

    CC Moore

    Experience the unparalleled attraction of Pro-Stim Liver Boilies, a potent blend meticulously crafted to entice even the most discerning fish. Burs...

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    Trakker Splicing Needle

    Trakker

    Trakker Splicing Needle is made using strong stainless steel and has been designed specifically to splice leadcore and lead-free leaders. It has be...

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    CC Moore Liquid Belachan Compound

    CC Moore

    This P.V.A. friendly, highly attractive fermented shrimp liquid has an incredible shellfish taste and aroma that you instantly know will catch fish...

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    Mainline Baits Supa Sweet Zig Liquid

    Mainline Baits

    The NEW Supa Sweet Zig Liquid has been designed for use as a highly attractive dip and glug for any hookbait, and is ideally suited to the enhancem...

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    Korda Spare Katapult Pouch

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    These Korda Spare Katapult Pouches come in 3 sizes - small, medium and large. They can be easily swapped out if you needed a larger or smaller pouc...

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  • Korda PVA Kontainer Bait Storage System
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    Korda PVA Kontainer Bait Storage System

    Korda

    Introducing the Korda PVA Kontainer Bait Storage System, the ultimate solution for organized and efficient bait storage. Designed with the modern a...

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    Mainline Baits Response Pellets 1kg Bag

    Mainline Baits

    A superb attractor method to induce any carp into a feeding response, as the pellets slowly break-down releasing high levels of taste, flavour and ...

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  • CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Hard Hookbaits
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    CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Hard Hookbaits

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    Introducing Pro-Stim Liver Hard Hookbaits, meticulously crafted to complement Pro-Stim Liver Boilies and other offerings in the Pro-Sti...

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    Sticky Baits Pure Liver Hydro Liquid

    Sticky Baits

    This pre-digested Liquid Liver is jam packed with amino acids, which are well known to trigger an instant and prolonged feeding response from a mul...

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    Nash Spot On Stix

    Nash

    Spot On Stix keep your rig landing over baited areas or on feeding hotspots every time. Two tough marker Stix push into the ground, spaced exactly...

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  • CC Moore Smoked Salmon Oil
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    CC Moore Smoked Salmon Oil

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    Smoked Salmon Oil This devastating blend of marine oils, extracts and attractants combines to make a highly effective, energy-rich booster liquid w...

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    Mainline Baits ISO Fish Wafters

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    The new Mainline Wafter hookbaits have been designed to deliver an advanced edge to the performance of your rig presentation without complexity. Si...

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    Spomb Black Scoop

    Spomb

    Moulded bait scoops Perfect for loading Spombs/Impact Spods and bait boats Great for mixing messy/sticky spod mixes Compact one piece design fits ...

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    Sticky Baits Hookbait Kit

    Sticky Baits

    As many of you will already be aware, The Krill Freezer Baits are quite soft straight from the bag and aren’t ideal to fish with on the hair for pr...

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  • DNA Baits Crayfish Hookers Baitsoak
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    DNA Baits Crayfish Hookers Baitsoak

    DNA Baits

    Infused with a potent Crayfish flavour and enriched with soluble fish proteins, the DNA Baits Crayfish Hookers Bait Soak presents a versatile optio...

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    DNA Baits Crayfish Heavy Bag & Feeder Bag Mix

    DNA Baits

    Another fantastic addition to the ultra-popular Crayfish Range is our Crayfish Heavy Bag and Feeder Mix! This superb, dense, heavy groundbait is a ...

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    Mainline Baits ISO Fish Pop-Ups

    Mainline Baits

    Designed to complement the Dedicated Freezer and Shelf Life Range boilies – these 15mm pop-up hookbaits hold consistent and dependable buoyancy, pr...

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    Nash Scopex Squid Hard Hookbaits (2024)

    Nash

    Nash Scopex Squid bait is a legendary carp bait known for its exceptional attractant properties and long-lasting effectiveness. Combining the irres...

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    Nash Monster Shrimp Syrup 1L

    Nash

    Nash Bait Monster Shrimp Syrup is PVA friendly, food rich bulk booster liquid for spod and PVA bag mixes, boilies, pellets and floaters to bring mo...

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  • CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Glugged Hookbaits 10x15mm
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    CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Glugged Hookbaits 10x15mm

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    Introducing Pro-Stim Liver Glugged Hookbaits, expertly crafted to complement Pro-Stim Liver Boilies and other offerings within the Pro-Stim Liver...

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    Trakker Heavy Latch Gate Needle

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    Trakker Heavy Latch Gate Needles are made from strong stainless steel are ideal For threading PVA bags onto hooklink and have unique, ergonomically...

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    Nash Scopex Squid Cloud Liquid 100ml

    Nash

    Nash Scopex Squid Cloud Liquid is a PVA-friendly booster formulated to create a vivid and highly visible flavour and scent trail. Utilizing human f...

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  • CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Dumbell Wafters 10x15mm Hookbaits
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    CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Dumbell Wafters 10x15mm

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    Introducing Pro-Stim Liver Dumbell Wafters, meticulously hand-rolled to complement Live System Boilies and other offerings within the Pro-Stim Live...

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  • Trakker Fine Bait Latch Needle
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    Trakker Fine Latch Needle

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    Trakker Fine Latch Needles are ideal for soft hookbaits, pop ups, and artificial baits

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    Mainline Baits ISO Fish Fluoro Dumbell Wafters

    Mainline Baits

    Mainline Baits ISO Fish Fluoro Dedicated Fluoro Dumbell Wafters as their name suggests are super bright hookbaits that have been designed to create...

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    RidgeMonkey Connexion MarkaFloat Kit

    RidgeMonkey

    Large 4oz Introducing the ultimate longer-range marker float setup, conveniently packaged in one comprehensive kit. This kit contains all the esse...

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  • CC Moore Liquid Tuna Compound  500ml
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    CC Moore Liquid Tuna Compound 500ml

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    Liquid Squid Extract (contains pure squid meat particles) This outstanding liquid bait additive combines the powerful fish attractants derived from...

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    Nash Monster Shrimp Cloud Liquid 100ml

    Nash

    Nash Monster Crab Cloud Liquid is a PVA-friendly booster formulated to create a vivid and highly visible flavour and scent trail. Utilizing human f...

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    Nash Citruz Syrup 1 Litre (2024)

    Nash

    This bulk booster liquid is PVA-friendly and packed with food-rich ingredients, perfect for enhancing spod and PVA bag mixes, boilies, pellets, and...

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    Spomb Single Bucket Stand Kit

    Spomb

    Compact all-in-one design that holds your bait bucket at the perfect height and saves you from bending over to refill your Spomb™ or Fox Impact Sp...

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    Mainline Baits ISO Fish Super Buoyant Pop Ups 13mm

    Mainline Baits

    Super Buoyant Pop-Ups have been designed with increased levels of buoyancy, to hold pop-up rigs in the perfect position for long periods of time, t...

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    Nash Monster Shrimp Hard Hookbaits

    Nash

    Nash Monster Shrimp bait is a highly effective bait known for its unique blend of shrimp attractors, providing a rich and irresistible scent that c...

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    Nash Citruz Hard Hookbaits (2024)

    Nash

    Nash Citruz® bait, especially the 2024 version, is renowned for its potent blend of fruit attractors that create an irresistible scent and flavor f...

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Types of Carp Bait Available

Boilies are a classic choice, loved for their durability and effectiveness in attracting larger carp. Pellets offer versatility, creating an irresistible scent trail that draws fish in. Groundbaits form a captivating cloud in the water, luring carp to your swim. And don't forget the natural appeal of particles like sweetcorn, hemp, and tiger nuts. These timeless favourites are simply irresistible to carp, making them perfect for establishing a long-lasting feeding zone.

 

How to Choose the Right Carp Bait

Choosing the perfect bait involves more than just visual appeal – it's about aligning your selection with the prevailing fishing conditions and understanding the behaviour of carp.

During colder periods, carp tend to be less active and more selective in their feeding, making smaller, high-protein options like pellets or boilies a strategic choice. These baits provide the necessary nutrition in a compact form, which is ideal when carp are conserving energy. Conversely, warmer weather often triggers increased carp activity, which can make them more willing to explore a variety of food sources. In these conditions, surface baits or larger particles can be particularly effective, as carp are more likely to feed aggressively and move around the water column.

Water clarity also plays a crucial role in bait selection. In clearer water, where carp can easily spot food, more natural-looking baits that mimic their typical diet are often the best choice. On the other hand, in murkier water where visibility is reduced, baits with stronger flavours, bright colours, and powerful scents can help attract carp by engaging their other senses, making it easier for them to locate your offering. Additionally, considering the specific characteristics of the venue—such as the presence of natural food sources or the level of fishing pressure—can further refine your bait choices for optimal results.


Tips for Using Carp Bait Effectively

Success with carp bait hinges on strategy. Think like a carp: consider what they're naturally feeding on during the season and mirror that in your bait choices. 

Consider pre-baiting -  introduce some bait into your spot a few days before you cast your line. This strategy will attract carp to the swim you want to fish and keep them returning for more.

Adapting the size of your bait can be a game-changer, allowing you to focus on specific carp sizes. Similarly, exploring various flavours and scents can unlock the key to success in your local waters. 

For placement, focus on areas where carp are likely to be hiding, such as weed beds, snags, and underwater structures. During warmer months, surface fishing with floating baits can be particularly effective. 

Using PVA bags or tubes filled with bait ensures a concentrated food source right where you want it, while a method feeder can help present your bait in busy waters where competition for food is high.

 

Why Choose CPS Tackle for Your Carp Bait

Choosing CPS Tackle means more than just purchasing bait; it's about accessing premium quality products and expert knowledge. We offer a wide variety of boilies, pellets, ground baits, and particles from trusted brands, ensuring you have the best options at your fingertips. Our experienced team is ready to guide you in selecting the ideal bait for your fishing plans, whether it's a short outing or an extended weekend by the water. With CPS Tackle, you can confidently approach every session armed with the perfect bait to attract your target carp.