I use to catch big smallies out there with giant grubs to the east of the shallows along the rock and sand banks.

East of the channel/ narrows on the north end? Or east of the shallaw flats just off the launch? I'm always curious about where people like to fish at Deer lake. It seems everybody has a different answer unlike a lot of the other area lakes. What I find is really weird is I never catch much by the lilies. Lakes like Liberty, Loon, Newman, Eloika, etc. I slay largemouth in the same exact pad fields but for some reason there doesnt seem to be many Bass using em. Just my experience, but have heard the same thing from quite a few other bass fishermen

east/north