Carrie Lake
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 34003200
DNR records show 7 stocking entries at Carrie Lake since 2016, most recently walleye fry in 2025 (24,544 fish).
- Carrie Lake has 7 DNR stocking records across 7 years (2016-2025): walleye (7).
- The most-stocked species by count is walleye: 227,689 fish on record.
- Maximum depth 26 ft; surface area 89 acres, 20 littoral acres, 1.9 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 4.5 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), common carp, hybrid crappie, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye, white crappie, and 3 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- Kandiyohi County, nearest town Atwater; DNR lake number (DOW) 34003200.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/11/1974 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Stocking history
| Year | Species | Size | Number | Pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Walleye | fry | 24,544 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | Walleye | fry | 25,483 | 0.3 |
| 2023 | Walleye | fry | 25,421 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | Walleye | fry | 49,659 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | Walleye | fry | 35,994 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | Walleye | fry | 51,368 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | Walleye | - | 15,220 | 18.9 |
Field note · Minnesota stocks by year, not by truck day: walleye fry go in within weeks of ice-out, fingerlings and yearlings mostly in fall, and stream trout in spring and fall. A row here means the fish went in during that year; DNR adds the year's rows after the fact, so the current year can look empty until winter.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| gravel ramp | county | Kandiyohi County Park #6. NW side of the lake. - Large gravel parking lot with single ramp and boat dock. |
DNR fish survey, 2021
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 24.00 | 120 | 0.08 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 5.60 | 28 | 0.20 |
| Common carp | Standard trap nets | 1.00 | 5 | 7.30 |
| Walleye | Standard trap nets | 0.60 | 3 | 0.27 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 0.60 | 3 | 0.81 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 0.40 | 2 | 3.98 |
| Yellow perch | Standard trap nets | 0.20 | 1 | 0.08 |
| Largemouth bass | Standard electrofishing | 21.29 | 22 | 1.91 |
| Walleye | Standard electrofishing | 1.94 | 2 | 0.06 |
| Walleye | Standard gill nets | 20.50 | 41 | 1.32 |
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 8.00 | 16 | 0.13 |
| Black crappie | Standard gill nets | 7.00 | 14 | 0.24 |
| Bluegill | Standard gill nets | 6.50 | 13 | 0.06 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 3.00 | 6 | 2.36 |
| Common carp | Standard gill nets | 2.50 | 5 | 4.32 |
| Black bullhead | Standard gill nets | 0.50 | 1 | 1.38 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard gill nets | 0.50 | 1 | 0.62 |
Catch per net (CPUE) is the DNR survey's count per gill net or trap net set; higher means more of that species were sampled, not a fishing forecast. Top species per gear shown; where we have no verified common name for a DNR code, the code itself is shown.
Carrie Lake is part of a statewide, long-term monitoring program (SLICE) to document effects of climate change and other stressors on 25 lakes. Temperature dataloggers are retrieved, downloaded and redeployed in the deepest portion of lake during early winter each year on Carrie Lake as part of SLICE program. The data logger records water temperature every 30 minutes at a depth of approximately 7 feet. A standard survey of Carrie was conducted on June 21, 2021 to evaluate Bluegill, Black Crappie, Yellow Perch, Northern Pike and Walleye populations with gillnet and trapnets. A spring night electrofishing was conducted on June 1, 2021 to evaluate the Largemouth Bass population. A fall night electrofishing survey was last conducted on September 5, 2019 to evaluate young of year "YOY" (fingerling sized) Walleye numbers due to a fryling stocking. Carrie is a small (89 acres), moderately deep (26 feet maximum), and moderately productive lake located in Kandiyohi County. Carrie is connected via the outlet to a large productive and shallow lake (Elizabeth) during high water levels. Fish movement between the two lakes is possible via the outlet channel during high flows. High water levels occurred during June-July of 2014 and fall of 2016. No or reduced outlet connection was present due to low water levels in 2020 and 2021. Dissolved oxygen was near 8.0 ppm from the surface to 20 feet deep during the 2021 summer standard survey. The water temperature was near 70 F at the same depths. Water clarity was 4.0 feet on June 21, 2021. Dissolved oxygen was near 12 ppm at 1 foot below the ice during late December of 2021. Winterkill has never been an issue for Carrie due to its depth (26 feet) unlike two other nearby shallow (10 feet or less) lakes (Elizabeth and Ella). Emergent and floating-leaf aquatic vegetation present in moderate densities include cattail species, hardstem bulrush, white waterlily and yellow waterlily. Submergent vegetation species and densities have been generally limited (water moss, coontail, sago pondweed) during past surveys in Carrie. Submergent vegetation and macroalgal densities (chara, coontail) were low in 2021. Yellow waterlily frequency was low compared to previous years along the southwest cattail shore area. Curly-leaf pondweed was present in numerous scattered stands and 10 of 60 points along near shore areas of the lake, especially along the north end of the lake in June of 2013, but none in 2021. Curly-leaf pondweed was never sampled in lake surveys prior to 2010; however, it was present at one point site during the June 2010…
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