whats best deadbait

whats the best deadbait for you?which one would you not leave home without?mines got to be a 6"roach.usually works best for me

Nick it depends, Roach for wobbling, Pollen for deadbaiting.

Roach first small mackeral second then pollen
Anything else comes as a back up

Small Mackerel so far, nothing out on a Smelt yet but a couple of runs. I find the small 7" long Mackerel do tend to break up quite easily, myself. Maybe a half Mackerel would be more durable?

Depends on the water, but I always have in the bag:

lamprey
Mackeral
Roach or Bream

depends on water but?
sardine
roach
kaplin

lampray
roach
mackie
whole bluies in the summer

in the following order.....
sardines (6")
joey mackerel
lamprey
smelt
half mackerel