Busch Lake Fishing near Powassan, Ontario

• Overview

  Ontario holds Busch Lake, in Parry Sound District. Around the bank it is pine and birch. The water covers some 13 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Shoreline comes to about 1.7 km, small enough to learn in a day. For a base, Powassan sits 9.7 km out. The big place round here is Greater Sudbury, 128 km distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Busch Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Parry Sound District: smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and northern pike. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Busch Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -12°C in January and 18°C in July. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Open water usually runs from late April until about early December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan any trip to Busch Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Ruth Lake is 3.6 km off. Check the position on Busch Lake before loading the car.