Our Question to you is- ARE YOU READY FOR A BATTLE?

Many TROPHY PIKE are captured and released during the spring, summer and fall.

In the spring time you'll sight fish for the trophies in the shallow waters. In the summer, angle the cabbage beds and points for the biggies. In the fall, get out your big crankbaits, these gluttonous big pike are after them. Any month will find you catching and releasing top quality trophy pike.

How about some delicious WALLEYES?

You'll catch many walleyes running 2 lb. each. Some guests have reported releasing walleye in the 10 lb. trophy size. Although Joyce Lake is primarily a place you go for big pike, you'll get your share of walleyes spring, summer and fall. How about trolling right in front of your cabin? You'll catch lots for lunch in less than an hour.

Joyce Lake is 38 air miles northeast of Red Lake.

This tea stained lake is 3 X 5 miles long and comprised of numerous islands, sand beaches, weed beds and bays. Its average depths range from 6 feet to 25 feet. Look at the map of Joyce Lake, noting our ideal spot...where would you try your luck?

When you fly in..

On your day of arrival, Jim Booi and his 185 floatplane is there ready to greet you. He'll check over your equipment, and give you maps and pointers. Get a handle ready. Your radio at Joyce Lake connects you to our lodge at Trout Lake. The 185 is stationed at Booi's lodge. Give us a shout and tell us about your trophies.

Your Rustic Cottage

Your cottage is nestled in a sheltered bay on the southeast side of the lake. It's a 20' X 32' with a 12' screened-in-porch. It features a kitchen, propane fridge and stove. Single beds with good mattresses assure you of a restful sleep, while a wood burning heater will keep you toasty warm on those chilly Canadian nights. This cabin is spacious, cleaned by you and your group and maintained, BUT DEFINITELY RUSTIC. (The prices we charge reflect that…) Some folks might say it separates the men from the boys, the women from the girls. (if you are looking for ultra-modern accommodations, try our fly-in only lodge on Trout Lake, check out this link for Booi's Island. (Gary, insert new link here)

For your boating and fishing pleasure, we have a fleet of safe 16' boats powered by dependable new-every-year 9.9 h.p motors. These boats and motors are constantly checked on a regular basis. A spare motor, paddles, and all the mixed gas you can burn are supplied.

Booi's- one of the 1st in the area to enforce "catch and release" at an outpost.

Get your barbs pinched; all of Joyce Lake's Northerns are released, and only conservation limits of walleyes can be taken home.

Special Services & Items We Provide For You at the Joyce Lake Outpost

The following applies for those of you booked at the outpost. (Not on Trout Lake, but on Joyce Lake.)