---
type: lake
name: "Tamarack Lake"
county: "Carlton"
nearest_town: "Wright"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 235
max_depth_ft: 48
latitude: 46.66195
longitude: -92.99202
lake_score: 57
dnr_lake_id: "09006700"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/tamarack-lake
---

# Tamarack Lake

Lake in Carlton County, Minnesota, near Wright

- **Surface Area**: 235 acres
- **Max Depth**: 48 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 7.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 57/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Tamarack Lake is a 235-acre lake near Wright in Carlton County, Minnesota. It reaches 48 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 7.3 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 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 2021.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 13, based on 14 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 15
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2021
- **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, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, Shorthead Redhorse, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 13
- **Years of record**: 14
- **Earliest**: 2012-03-20
- **Latest**: 2013-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Cole Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/cole-lake) - 2.4 miles, 142 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/eagle-lake) - 3.7 miles, 389 acres
- [Lower (South) Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/lower-south-island-lake) - 5.4 miles, 320 acres
- [Upper (North) Island Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/upper-north-island-lake) - 5.6 miles, 114 acres
- [Cross Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carlton-county/cross-lake) - 6.4 miles, 107 acres
- [Round Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/aitkin-county/round-lake-tamarack) - 9.8 miles, 554 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.66195,-92.99202)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=09006700)
- [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/tamarack-lake)*