---
type: lake
name: "Carrie Lake"
county: "Kandiyohi"
nearest_town: "Atwater"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 89
max_depth_ft: 26
latitude: 45.08204
longitude: -94.78648
lake_score: 50
dnr_lake_id: "34003200"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/carrie-lake
---

# Carrie Lake

Lake in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, near Atwater

- **Surface Area**: 89 acres
- **Max Depth**: 26 ft
- **Shoreline**: 1.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4.5 ft
- **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

Carrie Lake is an 89-acre lake near Atwater in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It reaches 26 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 1.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4.5 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 14 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, white crappie, and bluegill. 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 (gravel or earth surface) managed by the county. Ice typically goes out around April 2, based on 27 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 14
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2021
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, White Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Common Carp, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 2
- **Years of record**: 27
- **Earliest**: 2000-03-08
- **Latest**: 2013-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Ella Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/ella-lake) - 1.3 miles, 153 acres
- [Lake Elizabeth](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-elizabeth) - 1.5 miles, 1,023 acres
- [Lake Minnetaga](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county/lake-minnetaga) - 3.9 miles, 791 acres
- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/long-lake) - 6 miles, 783 acres
- [Hope Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/hope-lake) - 6.6 miles, 274 acres
- [Peterson Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/meeker-county/peterson-lake) - 7.1 miles, 135 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.08204,-94.78648)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=34003200)
- [All lakes in Kandiyohi County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/kandiyohi-county)

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