I am reading "to my mind" a whole load of twaddle with regards to what constituits a brace of carp.

Two on at the same time?

Within an hour of each other?

Within daylight hours?

Within Darkness hours?

Within the same 24 hours?

Within the same session?

Within the same week/prolonged session?

You tell me?

kind regards Jeff

I suppose historically the term brace comes from game angling? In those terms defining a brace is simple. Two fish in a session is a brace, simple as. That would be even more straight forward if a brace is your quota.

Gets more complicated when applied to carp because sessions often last longer than your average days trout fishing.

Unless there is in existence some form of official document that clearly defines what constitutes a brace, it is simply down to personal interpretation and ethics.

Personally I consider a brace a pair of fish caught within 12 hours of each other. Others may consider a brace a pair of fish caught within the same session irrelevant of length.

Each to their own I say, does it really matter? Unless somebody is trying to claim some sort of record, surely by stretching the bounds of credibility they are just ultimately cheating themselves? It’s a bit like a guy who would add a few ounces to make his Pb 30lb. Does it really effect anybody else? He is the only one who will hear that little voice saying “lying bast*rd” in his ear every time he boasts about his pb being 30lb.

That all said, it would be interesting to hear what others think about what constitutes a brace.

Caught at same time or within a few minutes for me

The same season...

I had a client a couple of months ago fishing Poplars Lake with three rods...he had a jerky take on his right hand rod and then a screamer on his left hand rod, which he hit.....

The carp that had taken the bait on the right hand rod ran through the line on the left hand rod at precisely the same time as another carp took the bait on that rod....

He ended up playing two different fish on the same rod, eventually successfuly netting both of them even though they were pulling in different directions.... One weighed 36lbs the other weighed 34lbs, both mirrors....

Now that's what I call a brace....

You caught two in a season? Must've been one of those easy suvvern waters

It was a runs water. I'm just sh1t....

Im old school and still believe a true brace is two fish caught almost at the same time having one in the landing net and either having to land the second fish in the same net as the first or using spare net or another anglers net to land the second

a brace to me would be as far as i feel,one in the sack getting the camera ready and then banking another whilst doing so..and not hours apart.

a brace means two like things. if you went out fishing and caught two mirror carp you therefore caught a brace.
Same session for me.