carp are the nastiest bottom feeders there is just about anything will work. try making your own dough balls. here is a quick recipe. get some oats or wheaies cereal or some crakers some american cheese adn some flour and some bread crush everything up and keep adding flour to u can make a good size ball and it wont fall apart. to test it make a ball and pull it apart if it comes off real real easy more flour and so on. if u put to much flour use some water to soften it up.