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By: mtngrizz
Posted: 5/18/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/17/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Had a few hours available and decided to hit Deer Lake , about 58 degrees but felt much cooler against a steady Northeast breeze. Launched at the public ramp and proceeded to the South end of the lak...
By: Augwen
Posted: 6/2/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2013
Hot Spots: 1
Left my dock at 5:30 and by 6;15 had 4 in the boat. Took another 30 minutes for the last one. Trolled 6 colors of lead with a 4" Laker Taker spoon. Average speed of 1.7 on the GPS. Kept the presentati...
By: Augwen
Posted: 6/9/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I fished the 5th and the 6th by myself and got limits of Mack's in under 2 hours both days starting at 5:00 AM. On the 7th, I took a neighbor out for his first time Mack fishing. He did not like the f...
By: Double Treble
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I headed out early (6 am) to try a little deep trolling for Macks after seeing the post by Augwen. I fished for about 2 near the entrance to the narrows. I was fishing downriggers 40 - 50 feet close...
By: Aaron
Posted: 9/22/2013
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 9/22/2013
Hot Spots: 3
Went back to Deer in search of the Mackinaw but was unable to catch them. I tried a few 4" spoons in various colors, and a 4" Apex lure as well as a 4" Chartreuse/Chrome flatfish without a hit. Tried ...
By: Double Treble
Posted: 5/1/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
We trolled the north shore and past the narrows for a couple of hours. One strike and one fish in the boat. It was a nice 25" rainbow.
By: Double Treble
Posted: 5/4/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 3
Fished: 4/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Trolled the north end of the lake and around the entrance to the narrows for about 1.5 hr. Tried to stay around 40 ft contour. Trolling very slow with 175 ft of leaded line out. Pulled in two nice ...
By: Aaron
Posted: 7/1/2012
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Skunked. We trolled the north shore from the west end, through into the narrows, and back out without even a hit. We used Chartreuse U20 flatfish, red wedding rings, silver/blue spoons, and even still...
Posted: 7/5/2012
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
It was a great day to be out on the water. Got a late start to the day of fishing. Our family had a big breakfast for the 4th. We finally go on the water around 10AM. Picked up two RB Right away, ...
By: Augwen
Posted: 7/8/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
I fish Deer Lake quite often for the Lake Trout(Mackinaws). In the early morning when they are still hunting I use a flutter spoon with 8 colors of 18lb. lead line and 50' of 10lb mono. This works unt...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/21/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2008
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Deer Lake for the first time. Found the launch to be shallow for a good distance out but passable. Trolled off a downrigger using a 50/50 Dick Nite --trolling in 71-72 feet of water at 65 feet...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/14/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/4/2008
Hot Spots: 0
We had a cousin show up from Missouri that wanted to try the fishing out here. We took him to Deer Lake and was on the water just before daylight. It was about 35 degrees and a little chilly. Started ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/27/2008
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/26/2008
Hot Spots: 0
As it was my last week end before Deer Lake closes I went out early on Saturday. I trolled around the outside of the lake and tried everything. All that I got were a couple of small hits. I decided to...
By: JBurke
Posted: 4/24/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/24/2009
Hot Spots: 0
So, went to deer again, and if anyone has any advice on how to catch anything out of this lake would be great. Been out there about a half dozen times, and have yet to catch anything at all. I don't...
By: rippinlips22
Posted: 4/30/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 4/29/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I fished Deer Lake lastnight from 430 to dark and hooked two macks and lost them both. One was about 6-7 lbs the other was smaller and didn't get to see it. It was my first time fishing there and didn...
By: eustace
Posted: 5/2/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/2/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Did not plan on fishing Deer it just happened. My best friend and I went to visit a friend on Deer Lake and when we got there he was just heading out to fish for the Macks. So he invited us to go out ...
By: Aaron
Posted: 5/9/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 5/9/2009
Hot Spots: 0
The 3 of us arrived at about 6:30am and headed for the east side of the lake. We trolled up and down that side at various depths, changing speed and lures. We kept at it for about 4 hours, eventually ...
By: Big Jerm
Posted: 5/19/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/16/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out to catch some Macks and thats what i did. This is the first time I have fished for Macks and was pleased at the results. My brother caught a couple trout and i caught both these fish with i...
By: nycfishguy
Posted: 6/25/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Well - I finally landed a "Mac" in Deer Lake after going out on several runs. I found out that people have the best luck with "macs" on this lake when they fish at Dusk. Was trolling a silver spoon...
By: Augwen
Posted: 4/20/2009
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/18/2009
Hot Spots: 0
We went to Deer on Saturday and most of the Lake was still iced over. The Narrows was the only part that was open. We launched the small boat (private launch) and started trolling about noon. There we...
By: nycfishguy
Posted: 8/22/2009
Species:
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/15/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Went out trolling for lake trout about 6:30PM. Went with my neighbor and his son and myself and my son (seen in picture)
We were trolling off the bottom on the North side near the resort about 7...
By: QueenMaryCaptain
Posted: 3/1/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Opening day on Deer Lake. Fished most of the day for Lakers. No bites, no fish and I don't think anyone else was catching anything either. I tried everything under the sun with no luck. I saw no on...
By: fishelk
Posted: 3/1/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/1/2010
Hot Spots: 0
I hit Deer up today on the opener. There was about 10 trailers at the public launch. I fished for the macs but I didn't even have a bite. I trolled on the bottom, 30 ft, 25 ft, 20ft 10 ft fast and slo...
By: QueenMaryCaptain
Posted: 3/10/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 1
Fished: 3/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Deer again this morning for Lakers. Used the Queen Mary as an ice breaker to get to open water. Tried everything once more, even "slow and deep." They were down there but not interested apparen...
By: rhodes
Posted: 3/11/2010
Species: Mackinaw
Rating: 2
Fished: 3/2/2010
Hot Spots: 0
fished deer lake 1 and 2 of march. The surface temp was 34 in one bay, and 37 in the narrows
saw numerous fish on graph but only had one bite each day. second bite was 22 inch,21/4 lbs
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