Worms, sausage, cheese, many tinned meats, particle baits, bread and boilies.

Groundbait

All hookbaits, usually with swimfeeder

Distribution : Common locally in parts of England, parts of Wales and southern Scotland.

Notes : 4 barbels, 17-22 branched dorsal rays, 35-40 scales along the lateral line. Partially scales and elongate varieties exist. (Mirror and Leather)

A dweller of lakes and ponds, these fish are equally happy feeding from the surface as they are feeding on the bottom. The Common is a cultivated fish with two close relatives, the Mirror carp and the Leather carp, all three grow very large and have barbels at the corners of their protractable mouths.