I like to dirft bream as I have a hard time getting shiners where I fish. Flat headlove live bait...

I have found carp to be good bait too for blues.
I have a good supply of carp at my lake house. I get em with my bow, filet them and cut them into 1 inch squares freeze them and awesome bait for blues..

This is a typical carp that makes about four pounds of cut bait.