Since I live on a lake I am fortunate enough to be able to experiment with all things bait related. My personal best grass carp was caught with fresh cut spinach about 2 inches long with a sugar snow pea pod with a clear rubber band wrapped and my hook wrapped around it. The grassy weighed 68lbs. My personal best common weighed 30.5lbs. I caught it on a homemade black fly larvae boilie coated in salt. I love fishing for carp.