---
type: lake
name: "Goose Lake"
county: "Carver"
nearest_town: "Waconia"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 302
max_depth_ft: 10
latitude: 44.88712
longitude: -93.83841
lake_score: 50
dnr_lake_id: "10008900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/goose-lake
---

# Goose Lake

Lake in Carver County, Minnesota, near Waconia

- **Surface Area**: 302 acres
- **Max Depth**: 10 ft
- **Shoreline**: 4.9 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (gravel or earth)
- **Lake Score**: 50/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Goose Lake is a 302-acre lake near Waconia in Carver County, Minnesota. It reaches 10 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 4.9 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 12 fish species here, including northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 1995.

There is one public boat launch (gravel or earth surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. Ice typically goes out around April 3, based on 12 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**: 12
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 1995
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Black Bullhead, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 3
- **Years of record**: 12
- **Earliest**: 2024-03-03
- **Latest**: 2018-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Lake Waconia](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/lake-waconia) - 2.9 miles, 3,080 acres
- [Swede Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/swede-lake) - 3.1 miles, 433 acres
- [Oak Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/oak-lake) - 5 miles, 333 acres
- [Hydes Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/hydes-lake) - 5.3 miles, 222 acres
- [Parley Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/parley-lake) - 5.3 miles, 258 acres
- [Reitz Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county/reitz-lake) - 5.6 miles, 92 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.88712,-93.83841)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=10008900)
- [All lakes in Carver County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/carver-county)

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