---
type: lake
name: "Cole Lake"
county: "Carlton"
nearest_town: "Wright"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 142
max_depth_ft: 24
latitude: 46.65688
longitude: -93.04178
lake_score: 53
dnr_lake_id: "09006800"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/cole-lake
---

# Cole Lake

Lake in Carlton County, Minnesota, near Wright

- **Surface Area**: 142 acres
- **Max Depth**: 24 ft
- **Average Depth**: 11 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.4 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 6.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 53/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Cole Lake is a 142-acre lake near Wright in Carlton County, Minnesota. It reaches 24 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 11 feet, and has roughly 2.4 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 6.7 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. The DNR has stocking records for the lake, so check the stocking report for the most recent species and year classes. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2016.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 18, based on 31 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Managed by**: Minnesota DNR
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 11
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2016
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 18
- **Years of record**: 31
- **Earliest**: 2000-03-29
- **Latest**: 1996-05-02

## Nearby Lakes

- [Tamarack Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/tamarack-lake) - 2.4 miles, 235 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/eagle-lake) - 5.9 miles, 389 acres
- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/round-lake-tamarack) - 7.6 miles, 554 acres
- [Lower (South) Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/lower-south-island-lake) - 7.8 miles, 320 acres
- [Upper (North) Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/upper-north-island-lake) - 8 miles, 114 acres
- [Cross Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/cross-lake) - 8.5 miles, 107 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.65688,-93.04178)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=09006800)
- [All lakes in Carlton County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/cole-lake)*