The History of Tukto Lodge

Tukto Lodge - A History of Great Fishing!

In the mid-1960s, a bush pilot from Northern Ontario, Ralph Showalter, flew his bush plane to explore the Arctic and fish the lakes. After a number of fishing explorations into the Arctic, he stopped by a pub in Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan. Over a beverage, he met a local trapper named Mr. Riddle and Ralph had asked if he knew of any great trout fishing lakes in the North. Without hesitation, Mr. Riddle said that Mosquito Lake was the best trout lake in the mid-Arctic barren lands for the number and size of the fish.

Each year after that, together they flew to Mosquito Lake via floatplane, a 1200 mile journey, for the amazing fishing. Through the 1970s and 1980s, a number of cabins and a lodge were built.

From 1968 to 1994, Tukto Lodge operated as a very small camp, privately and commercially. The camp changed hands a number of times, opening and closing along the way. It was vacant for three years prior to Bob Huitikka acquiring it in 1994.

From 1994 to date, Bob has built a new 10 person duplex cabin with indoor plumbing and shower, has remodeled the existing cabins and built a brand new lodge in 2002. Bob operates Tukto Lodge with catch and release fishing and very personal service with only 70 to 80 guests per year for the six-week season.

From 1998 to 2001, Bob established the only three outpost camps on Dubawnt Lake and was able to offer his customers the chance for even bigger Trophy lake trout.

Today, Tukto Lodge is known as the trophy trout capital of the world and due to its catch and release policy as well as a deliberately low fishing pressure, Tukto Lodge continues to offer only the very best in Arctic fishing.