Stocked

FMZ 10 · Gapp · Sault Ste. Marie District · unofficial name

Busch Lake

Busch Lake (FMZ 10) was last stocked in 2025 with 600 Brook Trout yearlings.

Records here go back to 1973: 16 stocking events in total.

In the sweet spot

Brook Trout stocked here in 2021–2023 should be a good size now. See other brook trout lakes in Zone 10 worth fishing.

Fish stocked per yearShaded years 2021–2023: those fish should be catchable size now
20162017: 700 Brook Trout70020172018201920202021: 600 Brook Trout60020212022202320242025: 600 Brook Trout60020252026
  • Brook Trout

By species

  • Brook TroutIn the sweet spot
    Last stocked
    2025
    Stocked 2021–2023
    600
    Last 10 yrs
    1,900

    Significant stockings 3–5 years ago. Those fish should be a good size now.

Stocking history

YearSpeciesStageFishNotes
2025Brook Troutyearlings600
2021Brook Troutyearlings600
2017Brook Troutyearlings700
Older records (13 stockings, 1973–2013)
DateSpeciesStageFishStrain / purpose
2013-06-04Brook Troutyearlings600Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2009-05-25Brook Troutyearlings600Lake Nipigon (HLC) · Put-Grow-and Take
2005-05-25Brook Troutyearlings600Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1997-05-27Brook Troutyearlings600Lake Nipigon (DNC) · Put-Grow-and Take
1991-05-08Brook Troutyearlings1,000Supplemental
1989-05-19Brook Troutyearlings700Supplemental
1987-04-30Brook Troutyearlings3,288Supplemental
1985-05-29Brook Troutyearlings3,285Supplemental
1983-05-26Brook Troutyearlings3,300Supplemental
1981-05-21Brook Troutyearlings2,000Supplemental
1977-04-29Brook Troutyearlings3,600Supplemental
1975-06-10Brook Troutyearlings3,600
1973-05-22Brook Troutyearlings3,600HL

Recent records (2016 on) are year-only; MNRF does not publish stocking dates. Historical records (to 2015) include dates and strain.

Where it is

47.1135, -83.9236 · Open in OpenStreetMap