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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.

  • Ridgemonkey Hunter 750 Bait Boat Echo Edition Black Including Echo Sounder
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    Ridgemonkey Hunter Black 750 Bait Boat Echo Edition

    RidgeMonkey

    Take your angling game to the next level with the Ridgemonkey Hunter 750 Bait Boat, now equipped with an integrated echo sounder. Designed for prec...

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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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    Parker Baits OG Fish Shelf Life Boilies

    Parker Baits

    Parker Baits OG Fish Shelf Life Boilies – Proven Attraction for Year-Round Success The Parker Baits OG Fish Shelf Life Boilies are expertly formula...

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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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    Korda Zig Foam

    Korda

    Korda Zig Foam – High-Visibility, Buoyant Foam for Effective Zig Rigs The Korda Zig Foam is a must-have for anglers targeting carp in the upper lay...

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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

    CC Moore

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

    CC Moore

    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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    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 Scopex Squid Liquid Bait Soak 250ml 2024

    Nash

    Nash Scopex Squid Liquid Bait Soak contains the potent Scopex-based attractor package found in Scopex Squid. This PVA-friendly concentrated food di...

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  • ESP Artificial Buoyant Surface Mixers
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    ESP Artificial Buoyant Surface Mixers

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    ESP Artificial Buoyant Surface Mixer hookbaits for are ideal for surface feeding carp or using with a Zig set up. The two sizes of mixer complement...

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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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    Parker Baits OG Fruit & Nut Shelf Life Boilies

    Parker Baits

    Parker Baits OG Fruit & Nut Shelf Life Boilies – Year-Round Attraction with a Sweet & Nutty Edge The Parker Baits OG Fruit & Nut Shelf ...

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    Parker Baits OG Fruit & Nut Magic Bean Wafters

    Parker Baits

    Parker Baits OG Fruit & Nut Magic Bean Wafters – Unique Shape, Irresistible Attraction The Parker Baits OG Fruit & Nut Magic Bean Wafters o...

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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

    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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  • CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Hookbait Booster Liquid 50ml
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    CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Hookbait Booster Liquid 50ml

    CC Moore

    Introducing Pro-Stim Liver Hookbait Booster, a highly concentrated liquid additive crafted to enhance the flavour and aroma of our exceptional Pro-...

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  • ESP Power Catapult Elastic (Twin Wall)
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    ESP Power Catapult Elastic (Twin Wall)

    ESP

    Twin Wall elastic fits the Big Shot Boilie Large Pouch plus the original ESP Boilie, Particle & Mega Pults. This powerful elastic propels large...

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

    CC Moore

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

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    Parker Baits Fruity Flat Spot Liquid

    Parker Baits

    Parker Baits Fruity Flat Spot Liquid – Irresistible Attraction for Maximum Bites The Parker Baits Fruity Flat Spot Liquid is a highly effective bai...

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    Sticky Baits Trouties Mixed Pellets

    Sticky Baits

    Trouties are a throwback to the late 80s and 90s, where trout pellets boomed! In recent years they have almost been forgotten about, but we had to ...

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    Nash Citruz Hard Hookbaits

    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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  • CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Shelf Life Paste
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    CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Shelf Life Paste

    CC Moore

    Introducing Pro-Stim Liver Shelf Life Paste, a highly attractive, ready-to-use boilie paste conveniently packaged in a 300g pot. This paste mirrors...

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    Sticky Baits Manilla Active Pop Ups 16mm

    Sticky Baits

    Our Active range has been a huge success, and as such demand for new products within it has never been higher. We worked tirelessly to craft a meth...

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    Mainline Baits ISO Fish Stick & Bag Mix 1kg

    Mainline Baits

    The design of our Stick & Bag mixes is built on Mainline's extensive knowledge and experience in bait formulation. Incorporating our unique wat...

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  • CC Moore Glugged Belachan Hookbaits
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    CC Moore Glugged Belachan Wafters

    CC Moore

    These 10 x 14mm buoyant pellet-shaped hookbaits are packed with Belachan, the highly attractive Malaysian fermented shrimp product. Designed to be ...

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  • Wolf Tri-Spod Competition X White Spomb
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    Wolf Tri-Spod Competition X

    Wolf

    Wolf Tri-Spod X Competition – Precision Baiting at Extreme Distances The Wolf Tri-Spod X Competition is an ultra-aerodynamic baiting tool designed ...

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    Nash Monster Shrimp Hookbait Spray

    Nash

    Nash Monster Shrimp bait is renowned for its unique blend of shrimp attractors, creating a potent and irresistible scent that carp can't resist. Th...

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    Gardner H-BLOK Marker Float

    Gardner

    The No.1 Big Water Marker. Formed from toughened, high visibility, fluorescent orange, moulded plastic. The H-Blok comes supplied with 70ft (22m) ...

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  • Ridgemonkey Hunter Hi Viz 750 Bait Boat Black with Echo Sounder
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    Ridgemonkey Hunter Hi Viz 750 Bait Boat Echo Edition

    RidgeMonkey

    Maximise your angling precision with the Ridgemonkey Hunter 750 Bait Boat Hi-Viz, complete with an integrated echo sounder. Designed for serious an...

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    Nash Citruz Fizzing Stick Mix

    Nash

    Citruz® Fizzing Stick Mix is the fizzing fruit cocktail stick filling that brings a feeding response when other baits fail. A ground breaking step ...

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    Fox Slik Powergrip Multi Pouch Catapult

    Fox

    Introducing the advanced Powergrip catapult, now featuring the groundbreaking Slik elastic technology. Engineered with a one-piece, solid Slik elas...

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  • DNA Baits Crayfish Hydro Spod Syrup 1 Litre
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    DNA Baits Crayfish Hydro Spod Syrup 1 Litre

    DNA Baits

    THE CRAYFISH HYDRO SPOD SYRUP IS HERE!  After first working on this liquid many, many months ago, we are delighted to bring you our very latest Hyd...

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  • CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Booster Powder 250g
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    CC Moore Pro-Stim Liver Booster Powder 250g

    CC Moore

    Introducing the Pro-Stim Liver Booster Powder – a distinctive formulation crafted to enhance your angling experience. Tailored to compl...

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    RidgeMonkey Rotablock Marker Mini

    RidgeMonkey

    Mark your fishing spots quickly and easily: simply attach your chosen anchor weight, drop the RotaBlock Marker Float from the side of a boat and th...

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    Trakker Bait Drill

    Trakker

    Trakker Bait Drill is made using strong stainless steel and are ideal to drill hard hook baits such as pellets, boilies and nuts

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  • Spomb Double Bucket Stand Kit
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    Spomb Double Bucket Stand Kit

    Spomb

    The Spomb Double Bucket Stand Kit has a compact all in one design that holds two bait buckets at the perfect height and saves you from bending over...

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    Trakker Essentials Glug Pots

    Trakker

    OVERVIEW Main-stay favourites grouped as ‘Essentials’ to assist and improve your time on the bank. PRODUCT FEATURES Four screw-top waterproof...

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    Parker Baits OG Fish Magic Bean Wafters - Mixed Colours

    Parker Baits

    Parker Baits OG Fish Magic Bean Wafters – Mixed Colours for Ultimate Attraction The Parker Baits OG Fish Magic Bean Wafters are expertly designed t...

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    Wolf X Spod Performance Orange Large

    Wolf

    The Wolf X Spod, is the ultimate tool for the serious anglers looking to get the bait on the feeding spot with ease. Designed for maximum efficienc...

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    Nash Bait Monster Shrimp Liquid Bait Soak

    Nash

    A deadly salty and sweet PVA friendly food dip using the proven Nashbait formula of combining both water and oil based elements ensuring the dense ...

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    Mainline Baits Activated ISO Fish Ground Bait 2kg

    Mainline Baits

    With groundbaits now making serious inroads into all forms of carp fishing we have developed a range of groundbaits to suit all situations. Far mor...

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    Mainline Baits ISO Fish Fluoro Wafters 15mm

    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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    Nash Bait Scopex Squid Smoking Stick Mix 200g

    Nash

    Nash Bait's Scopex Squid Smoking Stick Mix 200g, is a specialized formula designed to enhance your carp fishing experience. This active stick filli...

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  • CC Moore Sweet Nut Cloud Instant Spod Mix
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    CC Moore Sweet Nut Cloud Instant Spod Mix

    CC Moore

    Sweet Nut Cloud Spod Mix is packed with an irresistible mix of powders, particles & pellets and is ready to be used in seconds. Just add water ...

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    Nash Citruz Flake

    Nash

    An original innovation from Kevin Nash, Nashbait Flake is crafted from whole boilies, mirroring the exact process used for bagged baits. After cook...

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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.