---
type: lake
name: "Otrey Lake"
county: "Big Stone"
nearest_town: "Ortonville"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 475
max_depth_ft: 8
latitude: 45.35789
longitude: -96.33601
lake_score: 28
dnr_lake_id: "06005000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/otrey-lake
---

# Otrey Lake

Lake in Big Stone County, Minnesota, near Ortonville

- **Surface Area**: 475 acres
- **Max Depth**: 8 ft
- **Average Depth**: 5 ft
- **Shoreline**: 8.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 0.8 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 28/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Otrey Lake is a 475-acre lake near Ortonville in Big Stone County, Minnesota. It reaches 8 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 5 feet, and has roughly 8.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 0.8 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 4 fish species here. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2018.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface).

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 4
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2018
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: No

## Activities

Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Black Bullhead, Common Carp, Orangespotted Sunfish, White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Tom Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/long-tom-lake) - 2.8 miles, 147 acres
- [Swenson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/swenson-lake) - 5.2 miles, 204 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/long-lake) - 7.9 miles, 395 acres
- [Eli Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/eli-lake) - 8.6 miles, 162 acres
- [Big Stone NWR East Pool](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/lac-qui-parle-county/big-stone-nwr-east-pool) - 8.7 miles, 1,286 acres
- [Artichoke Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/artichoke-lake) - 9.7 miles, 1,971 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.35789,-96.33601)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=06005000)
- [All lakes in Big Stone County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/big-stone-county/otrey-lake)*