Corn mixed with a little vanilla extract will do the trick every time. Take a can of corn and pour it into a zip lock bag. Pour a few drops of vanilla
extract in the bag, zip the bag up and shake it up. The vanilla draws the carp to the bait and gets them to hang onto it longer without blowing it out.
To hook more carp, there is a trick to setting up your rods. Most carp fishermen set up their rods standing up and this is the biggest mistake you
can make. You will still catch fish, but you will miss a lot of bites. You need to lay your rod flat, right next to the water. You also need to make your
line tight once your bait reaches the bottom. This is so effective because it keeps carp from blowing out your bait. When a carp takes your bait, it
will pull the rod. If you are not paying attention, you can lose a rod. As the carp pulls the rod, the rod doesn't bend over like it would if it was
standing straight up. The line goes right to your reel and because of this, the fish will actually hook itself. As the fish pulls the line, the rod moves
towards the fish, but it doesn't give nearly as much as it would if it was just bending the rod tip down. Because of this, the fish sets the hook on
itself. You still want to grab the rod and jerk up to make sure of a good hook set. If you are paying attention to your rod, you can hook almost
every bite you get. When the rod is straight up, the carp feel that something is wrong and have time to blow out the bait. The bending of the rod
keeps the fish from hooking itself.
An exception for this is if carp are biting very light. If you fish for carp, you will know the difference between a carp and a bullhead. A carp will
usually hammer it and take off, whereas a bullhead will nibble at the bait. Some times carp will nibble at the bait and just slowly pull the line. If you
are getting lots of bites like this and no hard bites from carp, try allowing a little slack line once the bait hits the bottom. When the line pulls tight, set
the hook.
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