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Budd Lake (Michigan)

Lake in the state of Michigan, United States

Summary

Lake in the state of Michigan, United States

Field	Value
name	Budd Lake
image	Budd Lake (Michigan) 2022.jpg
image_size	275
caption	Looking south from Wilson State Park
location	Clare County, Michigan
caption_bathymetry	Location map
coords
type	Lake
basin_countries	United States
length	2300 m
width	400 m
area	175 acre
max-depth	35 feet
elevation	1112 ft
cities	Harrison
pushpin_map	Michigan#USA
pushpin_map_alt	Location of the lake in Michigan.

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Budd Lake is a 175 acre lake in Clare County, in the central region of Michigan's lower peninsula.

Wilson State Park, a 36-acre wooded area with 160 campsites, borders the lake to the northwest with a sandy beach. In the early 1900s century, several lumber mills operated on the Budd Lake shoreline, and a lumber company that operated in the late 1800s donated Wilson State Park to Michigan.

The lake is popular among anglers, particularly for its muskies, some longer than 40 inches, along with bass, panfish, perch and walleye. Dropoffs near the shore provide deep water refuge; the lake is up to 30 feet deep, with the south end being shallower.

There is a single public boat ramp at the southern end of the lake.

VHS Fish Disease

The Michigan DNR announced on May 17, 2007, that Budd became the first inland lake in the state of Michigan confirmed to be infected by viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS). The DNR analyzed fish specimens after a very large die-off that began on April 30, 2007, of muskies, bluegills, and black crappie. The disease can be spread between bodies of water through live or frozen bait fish, roe, contaminated fishing equipment, live water wells in boats, and ballast water, among other ways. Boats and fishing equipment should be disinfected before transfer from Budd Lake to other destinations.

The DNR announced that tests confirmed the continued presence of the virus in 2011, following a die-off of large mouth and small mouth bass, bluegills, and pumpkinseed sunfish in April to May 2011. Fish specimens collected in May were among those used in testing the effectiveness of StaRT-PCR testing compared to cell culture and conventional qRT-PCR DNA testing, which avoided false negatives that occurred with the other techniques.

References

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Kevin Revolinski. (2013). "Camping Michigan: A Comprehensive Guide to Public Tent and RV Campgrounds". Globe Pequot Press.
Laura Rose Ashlee. (2005). "Traveling Through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers". University of Michigan Press.
Barta, Jim. "Michigan's Best Bets for Muskies". Michigan Sportsman.
(17 May 2007). "Fish Disease Discovered in Budd Lake, Clare County (Press release)". Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
VHS is an infectious virus-spread fish disease responsible for mass die-offs of many species, but not linked to any human health concerns.Crawford, Franklin. [https://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May07/fish.virus.spreading.html Cornell researchers confirm that deadly fish virus has spread to 19 species, threatening sport-fishing industry]. ''Chronicle Online''. Cornell University. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
(2013). "Comparison of treatments to inactivate viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV-IVb) in frozen baitfish". Diseases of Aquatic Organisms.
Field, Susan. (14 June 2011). "Fish-killing virus found again in Budd Lake". The Morning Sun.
(2013). "A new StaRT-PCR approach to detect and quantify fish Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus (VHSv): Enhanced quality control with internal standards". Journal of Virological Methods.

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