Stoffel's Shady Oaks Resort

My Grandma and Grandpa owned and ran the Shady Oaks Resort back in the 60s and 70s. Lots of great memories going up there every year, fishing, boating and swimming. I am glad to see the resort is still open , and looking great. 👍

I rented their Pontoon boat to hang out with family and friends for the day. The owners are sweetheart! They treated us like family and were very helpful and accommodating. Definitely the best experience we could ever have asked for. Pontoon was very clean and very well taken care of.

Booked a week at the last minute and had a great time! The hospitality was fantastic - Tom and Sharon are very outgoing, friendly, and accommodating! Great hosts! The cabin I stayed in was perfect for me (by myself this trip). And the fishing was the best I have experienced over all of the 50 years (off and on) that I have fished Clam Lake. The 40-inch, 20-pound Northern Pike I caught the first morning was the biggest that I ever caught there. Overall the Northerns were bigger on average than ever. And while mainly fishing for Northern, 1/3 of the fish caught were Bass, and some nice ones at that. It is just one indication that the lakes are on the mend after the Carp disaster a number of years back. I am planning to return next year in the fall and looking into a spring fishing trip as well. Recommend!

We came upon Shady Oaks by chance 4 years ago and were met by Sharon's smiling face and warm greeting. She and Tom have done an amazing job of creating a clean, friendly and affordable relaxing vacation resort. They have a way of making you feel like family yet giving you the privacy that makes this the perfect getaway. We look forward every year now to our time at Stoffel's and couldn't recommend this resort more!

Didn't stay here but rented one of Tom & Sharon Stoffels motor boats that were docked right on the lake to cruise around lower and upper Clam Lakes which are connected underneath the highway. The price was very affordable at only around $175/day. Tom and Sharon were so kind and accommodating and fun to talk to and their boat was perfect for our family of 7 and had plenty of power and we could've easily water ski'd or pulled a tube behind but we didn't have those accessories so we just explored. The grounds of the Stoffel's Shady Oaks Resort was magical and beautiful! I can't recommend renting a motor boat or pontoon from the Stoffel's enough. And if we didn't already have a VRBO rented we would have been happy to stay at their resort but didn't know anything about this resort until we asked around town for boat rentals and were directed here.