Ricker Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 We did our yearly family outing to Commanda Lake (Restoule) for holidays. Lake was very warm, no surprise. Top water was 75F and just about every day was hot and sunny, not the most ideal fishing conditions. We did work our regular spots for the crappy and the bite was on most mornings and a few of the evenings. We pulled out around 50 or so over the course of the week with all the kids getting their fair share. Most were around the 12 - 13" size which made for good fun and a nice fight! We hooked into a few small wallies and the odd SM. We caught most of the fish with a dropshot setup with a minnow. Tried several other presentations but minnows proved to be the most reliable. Just hard to keep them alive when the water was that warm. Sunk the minnow bucket down into 10ft of water at night to keep them alive overnight. Had a couple left on Friday which was our rainy day and in between downpours I raced over to the mouth of the river where Restoule Lake drains into Commanda and was caught a nice 3lb smallie. Lots of fun. Looking forward to going back in the fall with a few buddies and we are going to hit a few of the other lakes in the area as well and see if we land a few pike or muskie. Here are some pics of the kids holding up the stringers. This was on consecutive days, Wednesday and Thursday morning I think. We pretty much filled up the stringer each day and the tossed the rest back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplummer Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Awesome report..Nice slabs. Your daughter looks like she is strugging to hold their weight which is always a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Holy crappie ....nice slabs ! (drooling) . Obviously the kids had a great time ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricker Posted August 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 2 hours ago, smerchly said: Holy crappie ....nice slabs ! (drooling) . Obviously the kids had a great time ! Yup - had 2 fish fries from the catch over the past few days and I still have one more bag in the freezer to finish off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba14 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 That's awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Wow great job on the crappie some good eating there congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyD Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Beautiful report! Looks like an awesome family vacation:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalleyeChaser Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Awesome report. I love commanda and restoule and always get a bunch of crappie and eyes there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyD Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hey would like to pm you. Commanda has been on my hit list and my daughter being 3 now, would like to bring her up to the camp there. If you're ok with it would love to pick your brain thanks bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalleyeChaser Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Find the deep Bay and you'll find plenty of fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Nice stringers Forsure. My PB walleye was from that lake. 6lbs should still be out their swimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricker Posted August 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 12 hours ago, Tyler0420 said: Nice stringers Forsure. My PB walleye was from that lake. 6lbs should still be out their swimming. I will let you know if I find her when I go back this Fall. that would make for a good trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricker Posted August 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 19 hours ago, BillyD said: Hey would like to pm you. Commanda has been on my hit list and my daughter being 3 now, would like to bring her up to the camp there. If you're ok with it would love to pick your brain thanks bill feel free - I will tell you what know but not giving you all my good spots!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_b Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Nice crappies. It's always good when the kids are catching em too. Good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRO - P1KE 101 Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Can I have a couple ahaha. Nice slabs there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlm fishing Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Restouleand commanda are both Great Lakes to fish I prefer restoule I go every fall and kill the walleye and musky the cottage we go to is on a small point / island depends on hight of water. But we got a 53 " Muskie right off the dock while cleaning our walleye from the previous night Also the best time for the walleye is just before the sun goes down. We just troll perch coloured rapalas really slow in 8 foot of water doing a s curve pattern changing depth and speed all the time and always get them right in front of our cottage also get lots of lake trout as well. Haven't been able to get any bass tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricker Posted August 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2016 On 28/08/2016 at 7:13 AM, Mlm fishing said: Restouleand commanda are both Great Lakes to fish I prefer restoule I go every fall and kill the walleye and musky the cottage we go to is on a small point / island depends on hight of water. But we got a 53 " Muskie right off the dock while cleaning our walleye from the previous night Also the best time for the walleye is just before the sun goes down. We just troll perch coloured rapalas really slow in 8 foot of water doing a s curve pattern changing depth and speed all the time and always get them right in front of our cottage also get lots of lake trout as well. Haven't been able to get any bass tho Heading back there again in a couple of weeks. We are going to drop our boats in Restoule for a day and give it try. I have not fished that lake yet so I am quite excited to wet my line in it. Is it later in the fall that you get the Walleye in that shallow of water? Looks like the temps are going to be in the low to mid 20's up there over the next couple of weeks so I don't assume the water will be cooled off much by the time we arrive. Just curious if that was the walleye's pattern even in the warmer water temps? We are hoping to hook into a Musky while we are there as well. I have never caught one so it would be nice to check that off my bucket list! I will let you know how we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlm fishing Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 I don't do much walleye fishing but the old boys I go with seem to catch fish this same way no matter what time of year the come up shallow at night to feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalleyeChaser Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 I fish 12 - 18 ft along a certain weed line for em when I'm there. As for musky I pitch and work the mouth of restoule river where it flows through the park. Some giants hiding all around there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricker Posted August 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 1 hour ago, WalleyeChaser said: I fish 12 - 18 ft along a certain weed line for em when I'm there. As for musky I pitch and work the mouth of restoule river where it flows through the park. Some giants hiding all around there Thanks for the tips! I will give it a try and definitely post a report when we get back to let you know how we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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