If livebaiting is allowed in your area then this is the best method to use. make sure the fish are from that water, moving fish in from another water illegal and could introduce unwanted infection and disease. If livebaiting is banned then try whole lobworm, or a 1oz roach deadbait. As for additives predator plus or liquid worm are two that will work. Another thing to consider is plenty of hemp to draw in the bait fish.