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By: fishnislife
Posted: 5/19/2008
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/19/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Lk Joy after getting blanked out at Cottage in the morning. Ended up catching 3 SMB and 3 LMB. 3 came on the D-Shot Roboworm in Oxblood, 2 on a Crawdad Crank and 1 on a Shad Senko T-Rig...
By: Bigbass Dez
Posted: 9/30/2007
Species: Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/30/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hello there Bass Guys and all anglers ... Well went to Joy Saturday and gave it a go .. Went with a good pal of mind Dan .. We had a very cold and wet day on the lake , the conditions started off a c...
By: danielt
Posted: 9/1/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
This lake is cool BUT no public dock or boat launch. caught a lot of smallies and largemouth but the biggest only went 2.5. Hard to find, super far and short fish...
By: trimcat
Posted: 9/1/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
My son David and I went to lake Joy today for my birthday to try for some largemouth bass.
We got to the lake around 6:00 a/m and after hauling our inflatable raft down the trail we made it to the la...
By: EdmondsBassMan
Posted: 7/13/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/10/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I went to the lake early to be there for the sunrise. Got there at around 4:45am. Packed my pontoon in on the trail got it setup and was on the water by 5:15am and left around 12 noon. This is a grea...
By: Bigbass Dez
Posted: 6/18/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Well Hello there Bass guys and fellow fisherman , I fished joy lake for the first time Saturday and Sunday . This lake is great for bass fishing . Access to lake is weird , there is a path from the ma...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/5/2007
Species: Largemouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/5/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Lake Joy from 8 - 11 am. Water temperature was 56 degrees. Caught one largemouth and one smallmouth both about 13", one on a jig and the other on a deep running crankbait. Fish were not al...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/1/2007
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/1/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Not sure why but the bass just seem to be mostly absent this season. May have something to do with the wild water level fluctuations this winter and or the beaver dam effected the lake somehow.
By: jonathan p
Posted: 4/30/2007
Species: Smallmouth Bass
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/29/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Hit lake joy at about 4:30pm and fished til 7:15. Caught 9 and 3 of them were fat females. Looked like fish colored footballs. All in all great evening out there and yes the fish are back in the water...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/6/2007
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Rating: 1
Fished: 4/6/2007
Hot Spots: 0
I hear this lake will soon be closed to public fishing: too many issues with access, parking, and property owners complaining about all the cars parked on the road and people in their boats right next...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/22/2007
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
2006 Joy Lake
2 lbs
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/22/2007
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/1/2006
Hot Spots: 0
2006 Joy Lake
2 lbs
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/30/2006
Species:
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/26/2006
Hot Spots: 0
My friend Wen, his son Randy, Sam and I got to the lake about 5:30am. We started trolling clockwise. Within 5 min, Sam got one big mouth and then each of us got one in next 30 min. Anyway, we staye...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/23/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/22/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Got to Joy about 5:00pm in my float tube fished for 2 hours with only a couple of 8" bass on 5"senkos at about 7:30 started heading back in switched to spinnerbait and nailed 5 in about 30 minutes. Al...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 7/9/2006
Species:
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/9/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 6am to 10am in my trusty float tube. Target species - bass. I fished WCCT sticks, floating rapalas, and weedless frogs (in all the lilly pads). I got my first ever Joy lake bass at 6:40, a...
By: Mike Carey
Posted: 5/30/2006
Species:
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/30/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Fished from 8:30am to 10:30am. A little tricky finding the trail down to the water, but once there this is a great looking lake. A bit bigger than I expected. It would take several hours to fish the e...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/28/2006
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/28/2006
Hot Spots: 0
A wet soggy day at lake joy. But fish were very active today. Fished from about 8:30a to around 4:00p. It rained constantly the whole time.(no breaks in rain) Caught and released lots of largemouth an...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/27/2006
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/26/2006
Hot Spots: 0
first off what a rain storm it looked like the rain was coming up from the lake not falling from the sky. ok now on to the fishing part first hour on caught 3 smallies around 2to 2 1/2. then it went d...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/22/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 5/19/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the lake about 1:00and had it all to myself except for two dock fishing. Overcast with light winds. Fished till 8:00 Caught 15 largemouth most in the 14"-20" (1 1/2-2 lbs) range with a couple of...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/24/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 4/23/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Tested the lake to see if the bass were active yet. I was on the water from 7:30AM to 10:30 with no action. Fish finder showed that the fish were mostly sitting on the bottom. The water temp was 53 wh...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/6/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/5/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Ah, fishing season once again. Been out on the lake the past couple days and it has been warming up. In the more shallow areas today I was seeing temps up to 58 degrees F. Pulled in a couple smallies ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/16/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 2/15/2006
Hot Spots: 0
This small lake is surrounded by reedy marsh and is located about a half-mile east of Lake Joy. Not sure what the story is with this lake, might be good for fishing, but the ice, mud and reeds made it...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/30/2005
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Rating: 3
Fished: 8/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Beautiful little lake, got really sunburnt :) Caught 4-5 little smallmouths on senkos and curly tail worms - it was still really fun - and the lake is so nice and peaceful.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/2005
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Rating: 2
Fished: 8/28/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Was out with a buddy last night 6-7:45 pm. Nice detour! The cold front must have put the fish down. I got 1 8" bass 10 minutes on the water, he got one strike. We were blown off the lake and in the ri...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 8/29/2005
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/25/2005
Hot Spots: 0
Saw all the recent posts about this lake and had to check it out once I realized how close it was to my house, although that detour was quite the annoyance. Looked like an excellent bass lake with al...