In addition to fishing and boating, the nearly 2,000 acre park offers a number of recreational activities ranging hiking and swimming to tennis and horseback riding, a complete list of activities found at Bradys Run Park can be found at http://www.co.beaver.pa.us/Recreation/Brady.htm.

In 60 minutes of electrofishing, we netted a total of 96 largemouth bass. Bass ranged in size from 6-19 inches with the average fish caught being 9-12 inches in length. Out of the 96 fish sampled 32% were 12 inches and larger and 5% were 15 inches and larger. Under the Big Bass Program, bass harvest is regulated with a 15-inch minimum size limit and a 4 fish per day creel limit with a “No Harvest” season from April 14-June 15 (see page 7 of the 2009 summary handbook). The total catch per unit effort (number of fish caught per hour) is up 23% from 2007 (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Graph illustrating largemouth bass catch per hour from 1994-2008 for bass ≥12 and ≥15 inches.

Area 1 Fisheries Biologist Aide Devin DeMario holds up two 19-inch largemouth bass

Figure 2. Graph illustrating the size frequency and abundance of bass caught in Brady’s Run Lake Spring 2008.

Devin displaying a nice 19.5-inch bass

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