Marie Lake
Stearns County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 73001400
Marie Lake has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Marie Lake shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 36 ft, mean depth 7 ft; surface area 146 acres, 107 littoral acres, 3.8 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- Average water clarity (Secchi depth) 4.5 ft.
- Fish species DNR lists here: black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin (dogfish), channel catfish, common carp, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, walleye, and 3 more.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (targeted survey).
- Stearns County, nearest town Fairhaven; DNR lake number (DOW) 73001400.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey mapped 7/14/1981 (orig map); depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| concrete ramp | county | There is a county owned access in Fairhaven Mill Park off of Birchdale Street located on the east side of the lake. |
DNR fish survey, 2019
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largemouth bass | Backpack electrofishing | 32.43 | 58 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 17.33 | 31 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | Backpack electrofishing | 8.95 | 16 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | Backpack electrofishing | 8.39 | 15 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | Backpack electrofishing | 3.91 | 7 | 0.00 |
| Yellow bullhead | Backpack electrofishing | 2.80 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Iowa darter | Backpack electrofishing | 2.80 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | Backpack electrofishing | 2.24 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Bluegill | 50-ft beach seine | 28.17 | 169 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 50-ft beach seine | 18.33 | 110 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | 50-ft beach seine | 4.83 | 29 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 50-ft beach seine | 3.83 | 23 | 0.00 |
| Golden shiner | 50-ft beach seine | 2.67 | 16 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 50-ft beach seine | 2.33 | 14 | 0.00 |
| Iowa darter | 50-ft beach seine | 1.83 | 11 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | 50-ft beach seine | 1.00 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Largemouth bass | 15-ft beach seine | 20.33 | 61 | 0.00 |
| Green sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 1.33 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Hybrid sunfish | 15-ft beach seine | 1.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Iowa darter | 15-ft beach seine | 1.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Pumpkinseed | 15-ft beach seine | 0.67 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Brook stickleback | 15-ft beach seine | 0.67 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Yellow perch | 15-ft beach seine | 0.67 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Johnny darter | 15-ft beach seine | 0.33 | 1 | 0.00 |
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 survey of nearshore fish species was conducted on Marie Lake from July 8 - 11, 2019 by Sauk Rapids Area staff. Ten sampling sites were evenly spaced around the shoreline and each site was sampled by backpack electrofishing and seining, except one site where dense vegetation prevented seining. Nearshore sampling captured 15 species of fish, including one species that is intolerant of poor water quality or habitat disturbance (Iowa Darter). Data from the nearshore fish survey were combined with gill net and trap net data from a June 2019 standard survey to describe the fish community and provide a fish based Index of Biotic Integrity (FIBI) score based on expectations for similar lakes. A FIBI uses fish community data as a measurement of lake health. The FIBI score for Marie Lake was 64 which was well above the impairment threshold (FIBI > 36) using Tool 7. This survey is contributing to a watershed assessment process in coordination with the MN Pollution Control Agency. Marie Lake is located in the Mississippi River - St. Cloud Watershed.
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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