@solominer I lived in Missouri for a while and fished for carp with the locals, they would take a box of special K cereal and mix a box of strawberry jello in the cereal, I can not remember if they put a little water but I am thinking no they did not. They formed small balls from the mixture and pressed the balls around their hook, we caught carp up to 20 inches. Give it a try. they would but a sinker swivel leader then hook.