Our lines hit the bottum at 9:14 in front of Granite Point and the first fish hit at 9:19, it was the wife with the first fish of the night, a nice little crappie. A buddy of mine landed the next fish at 9:40, it was a little 16" mack that costed him a hook in the hand while pulling the fish from the net. That was the first time I had ever seen a whole #8 glo hook,shaft and all inbeded in somebody. At first he tried to pull it out using his fingers but the barb was catching every which way he would pull,push,twist and turn it, so he grabbed the needle nose and went to work under the clip on lamp finaly popping it out after a few minutes of grunting and growning. Although it looked like it hurt, it was kinda funny. We fished for about another hour before I called the game do to lightning. We were targeting silvers but never got one to hook up, oh well next time we'll try the north end of the lake, I here thats the place to be right now. Im heading to Deer Lake next weekend to try jigging for macks. Ive never done this before so any hints or pointers I could get would be greatly appreciated and the gesture itself would not be forgoten. Good luck out there everybody!

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