people might not want to classify carp as a game fish,but they are sure fun to catch.even fishing for them,you need to figure out what they are feeding on at the time you fish for them.
Match fishing in the UK is all Carp fishing now. Many people have made very good business from digging their own ponds and stocking them heavily with carp. I am in the process of building my own fishery but I am trying to make it the very best in the UK. As for what baits to use for Carp the best thing are pellet - do you get pellet in the USA?
if there is pellet in usa,i have tried it yet. a lot of poeple here,use either dough balls of some type or they use whole kernal sweet corn. that whole kernal sweet corn,seems to work fairly well.corn might work where you live. give it a try,and tyhen let me know if it works for you.in parts of the usa,there are carp tournaments held. some poeple even fish for them with a fly rod.