Ok guys. What bait flavor works best for you??
1 strawberry?
2 vanilla ?
3 or big red?

I use almost exclusively strawberry. Some vanilla, or a combo of both.

Do not target Carp but when I do I use plain corn and dough balls. Seems to work pretty good!

Where do you find "doe balls"? JK

Under a fake doe everybody knows that hahahhaha

You got me! It should have been dough!


Side Note: I made the edit! Thanks.

I'm a big fan of spicy flavors - chili powder is my favorite. That said, I haven't found that flavor really makes too much of a difference most times, it's more about location. Now, bait type can make a difference IMO. Lots of guys use exclusively corn but I lean more towards boilies and tigernuts. Some waters you'll find the fish will prefer one type of bait, so if I'm fishing a new water I'll use a bit of everything until I figure them out.

Instead of corn, I almost always use strawberry soaked garbanzo beans. I use a very strong mix of strawberry koolaide, (1/4 to 1/3) of the called for water and a drained can of generic garbanzo beans. Soak them overnight and you have a sweet smelling and cheap bait that stays on the hair rig very well.

Sweet corn flavored sweet corn for me

Wow !! Thanks guys !! Much appreciated!!

Love it!

I tend to think any standard flavors work, but I'm also starting to understand the "size" & "shape" of the offering on the hair/hook is vitally important, maybe even THE most important thing after location & pre-baiting (if any). I'm just catching fish on too much a variety to feel confident about saying something like "this out fishes that". But there is no doubt...size and shape seem to always make a direct impact on my success. I've caught some very nice fish recently on the smallest single fake corn up to huge 30mm halibut pellets.

Definitely, I've also found that if you're in a bit of a lull in activity changing to a different hookbait can put some fish on the mat for ya

Corn with Strawberry Jam! Also just plane corn.

A couple weeks ago i had very good success with Scopex. Its a under used flavor in my bag of flavors that i really should use more often.