Charlotte Lake (Wright County)
Wright County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 86001100
Charlotte Lake (Wright County) has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Charlotte Lake (Wright County) shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 46 ft, mean depth 22 ft; surface area 253 acres, 94 littoral acres, 3.9 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 15.8 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, yellow bullhead, yellow perch.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Wright County, nearest town Hanover; DNR lake number (DOW) 86001100.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 8/16/1957 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | Minnesota DNR |
DNR fish survey, 2025
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegill | 15-ft beach seine | 241.00 | 241 | 0.00 |
| BCS | 15-ft beach seine | 200.00 | 200 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 15-ft beach seine | 15.00 | 15 | 0.00 |
| Northern pike | 15-ft beach seine | 3.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 15-ft beach seine | 3.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 1.00 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Blacknose shiner | 15-ft beach seine | 1.00 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 1.00 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | 50-ft beach seine | 186.67 | 1,680 | 0.00 |
| BCS | 50-ft beach seine | 105.56 | 950 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 50-ft beach seine | 20.00 | 180 | 0.00 |
| Spotfin shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 11.44 | 103 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 50-ft beach seine | 6.22 | 56 | 0.00 |
| BKF | 50-ft beach seine | 4.78 | 43 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 50-ft beach seine | 4.11 | 37 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | 50-ft beach seine | 4.11 | 37 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Backpack electrofishing | 54.38 | 75 | 0.00 |
| Spotfin shiner | Backpack electrofishing | 34.08 | 47 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 21.03 | 29 | 0.00 |
| Brassy minnow | Backpack electrofishing | 11.60 | 16 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 6.53 | 9 | 0.00 |
| Yellow bullhead | Backpack electrofishing | 4.35 | 6 | 0.00 |
| BKF | Backpack electrofishing | 3.63 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | Backpack electrofishing | 2.90 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Standard trap nets | 17.44 | 157 | 0.16 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Standard trap nets | 5.67 | 51 | 0.34 |
| Pumpkinseed | Standard trap nets | 3.89 | 35 | 0.13 |
| Yellow bullhead | Standard trap nets | 2.33 | 21 | 0.59 |
| Northern pike | Standard trap nets | 1.22 | 11 | 0.74 |
| Green sunfish | Standard trap nets | 1.11 | 10 | 0.07 |
| Black crappie | Standard trap nets | 0.44 | 4 | 0.33 |
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.
A targeted survey of nearshore fish species in Charlotte Lake was conducted on June 30 - July 3, 2025, by Lake Biological Monitoring and Assessment (LBMA) Program staff. Sampling sites were evenly spaced around the lake, and each was sampled by backpack electrofishing and seining with a 50-foot or 15-foot seine, where possible. Backpack electrofishing was completed at 10 sampling stations. Similarly, a 50-foot seine was used to sample nine stations, and a 15-foot seine was used at one station. Nearshore sampling captured 14 species of fish including three species that are intolerant of disturbance (Banded Killifish, Blackchin Shiner, and Blacknose Shiner) and one that is tolerant of disturbance (Green Sunfish). A concurrent summer trap net survey was also conducted by LBMA Program staff. Nine trap nets were set along the shoreline in locations that encompassed multiple habitat types. Trap net sampling captured six species of fish. Bluegill and Pumpkinseed comprised a majority of the catch by number, whereas Bluegill and Yellow Bullhead comprised a majority by biomass. The trap net catch was light overall. Approximately 22 percent of the Bluegill sampled were over 7 inches, but none exceeded 8 inches. The nearshore and trap net were combined with gill net data from a July 2024 survey to describe the fish community and provide a fish-based IBI (FIBI) score. The FIBI uses fish community data to measure a lake's health and the types of fish species present can help identify any stressors that may be negatively affecting the lake environment. In Minnesota lakes, certain fish species cannot survive without clean water and a healthy habitat (e.g., Banded Killifish, Blackchin Shiner, and Blacknose Shiner), while other species are tolerant of degraded conditions (e.g., Green Sunfish). The FIBI score, composed of several fish community diversity and composition metrics, indicates the overall health of a lake by comparing it to what is expected for a healthy lake. For additional information on the FIBI search for "lake index of biological integrity" on the mndnr.gov web site. Results from this survey provide evidence that the fish community in Charlotte Lake may beadversely impacted by stressors as indicated by an FIBI score near the general use impairment threshold for aquatic life use determined for similar lakes. These results are similar to previous findings, which indicated that Charlotte Lake is fully supporting aquatic life use but vulnerable to future impairment based on scores near the impairment threshold. The survey results will be considered when the…
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