bradys run... never would have guessed it

not huge but it's the biggest fish i've ever caught there.  usually nothing but small trout and small panfish.

no.  there's a brady's lake on the eastern side of the state that's big bass regs.  i'm referring to brady's run lake in beaver county.

I just checked and Bradys run is a big bass lake. check the summery book you get w/your liscense.

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  Regulations by Species BIG BASS PROGRAM-Special Regulations Related page: Catch and Release Bass Regulations These special regulations apply to largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass in the waters listed below. Approved trout lakes that are in the Big Bass Program are closed to all fishing from March 1 until the opening day of the trout season, unless listed in the Early Season Trout-Stocked Waters Program (indicated below by an asterisk). Those lakes designated below with an asterisk are closed to fishing from April 1 until 8 a.m. on opening day of trout season. For all other species, inland regulations apply. NOTE: For purposes of this section, navigational dam pools in the Ohio River drainage are “rivers.” Anglers that harvest bass on a tributary to the waters managed under the Big Bass Program who later enter the special regulation area with fish in possession must abide by the special regulation area season, sizes and creel limits.
RIVERS & STREAMS Season Minimum Size Daily Limit Jan. 1 through April 13 and Oct. 1 through Dec. 31 18 inches 2 (combined species) April 14 through June 15 NO HARVEST - Catch and immediate release only (no tournaments permitted) June 16 through Sept. 30 15 inches 4 (combined species)   LAKES Season Minimum Size Daily Limit Jan. 1 through April 13 and June 16 through Dec. 31 15 inches 4 (combined species) April 14 through June 15 NO HARVEST - Catch and immediate release only (no tournaments permitted) Waters Governed by These Regulations County Water Allegheny Upper, Middle and Lower Deer Lakes Allegheny North Park Lake Armstrong Keystone Lake Beaver Lower Hereford Manor Lake* Beaver Bradys Run Lake* Berks Blue Marsh Lake Carsonia Lake Hopewell Lake Kaercher Creek Dam Bedford Shawnee Lake (State Park) Blair Canoe Creek Lake (State Park) to include two small ponds and raceway adjacent to Canoe Lake* Bucks Lake Towhee Nockamixon Lake (State Park) Butler Lake Arthur (Moraine State Park) Cambria Beaverdam Run Reservoir Duman Dam* Hinckston Run Reservoir Wilmore Dam Carbon Mauch Chunk Lake Centre Colyer Lake Chester Chambers Lake Marsh Creek Lake (State Park) Clarion / Venango Kahle Lake Crawford Sugar Lake Tamarack Lake Fayette Indian Creek Reservoir (Mill Run Reservoir) Indiana Yellow Creek Lake (State Park) Jefferson Kyle Lake Lackawanna Lackawanna Lake (State Park)* Lancaster Speedwell Forge Lake   County Water Lebanon Memorial Lake (State Park) Luzerne Frances Slocum Lake (State Park) Harris Pond Lily Lake* Lycoming Rose Valley Lake Mercer Shenango River Lake Monroe Bradys Lake Monroe / Wayne Gouldsboro Lake Montour Lake Chillisquaque Northampton Minsi Lake Perry Little Buffalo Lake (Holman Lake) (Little Buffalo State Park) Somerset Lake Somerset Quemahoning Reservoir Venango Two Mile Run Reservoir (Justus Lake)* Venango / Clarion Kahle Lake Washington Cross Creek Lake Wayne Lower Woods Pond Wayne / Monroe Gouldsboro Lake Westmoreland Bridgeport Reservoir Keystone Lake (State Park)* Mammoth Dam* Northmoreland Lake* Twin Lakes Number One Reservoir (lower)* Twin Lakes Number Two Reservoir (upper)* Wyoming Stevens Lake York Lake Marburg (Codorus State Park) Lake Redman Lake Williams Pinchot Lake (State Park) * closed to fishing from April 1 until 8 a.m. on opening day of trout CATCH AND RELEASE REGULATIONS for Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass on the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers now have a closed season and extend to tributary portions.   Summary Book Index  
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Brady's Run was in the big bass program and still is. There were always big bass in there, just not huge numbers of them. Past surveys have showed this. After the lake was drained and refilled, they put some of the fish from Herdford Mannor in there when they drained it. Thats why they are big bull gills in there in the 1st year after it was filled back up. Trout, bass, panfish were put back in. So, if we give it a few years and get a a few good year classes of fish. It should be a good lake again. So if you like to eat panfish, please give a another year of breeding before the spawners make their way into your deep fryer. This spring my buddy sent me a pic of a stringer full of big gills from there. I told him, "don't you think you should let them spawn a least once, before you kill them ?" They Freakin lake was completly drained and they they put some breeding stock in from another lake and you got them on a yellow rope ! He was like, "Oh, I didn't think of that". I told him, if he wanted fish that bad, I buy him a fillet of fish from Micky D's. 
Just my thoughts..........

i stand corrected... i never realized bradys run was a big bass regs.
 
as for the lighter rigs... thanks for the advice.  i will go lighter for the next outing.  
 
as for what people keep out of there... the shoreline is usually packed with trout fisherman or parents fishing for pan fish with kids. it seems most people keep every trout they catch down there but i don't recall ever seeing anyone keeping anything else... maybe i'm being naive about people not keeping pan fish (or bass) out of there. personally i can't imagine eating anything out of there.