---
type: lake
name: "Rose Lake"
county: "Otter Tail"
nearest_town: "Vergas"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 1200
max_depth_ft: 137
latitude: 46.67499
longitude: -95.75022
lake_score: 66
dnr_lake_id: "56036000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/rose-lake
---

# Rose Lake

Lake in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, near Vergas

- **Surface Area**: 1,200 acres
- **Max Depth**: 137 ft
- **Shoreline**: 9.7 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 10.6 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 66/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Rose Lake is a 1,200-acre lake near Vergas in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. It reaches 137 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 9.7 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 10.6 feet, clearer than most lakes in the state.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 17 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 2024.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with zebra mussel — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 23, based on 5 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**: 17
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **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, Tullibee (Cisco), Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

zebra mussel. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 23
- **Years of record**: 5
- **Earliest**: 2017-04-03
- **Latest**: 2008-05-07

## Nearby Lakes

- [Long Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/long-lake) - 1.5 miles, 1,289 acres
- [Jim Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/jim-lake) - 1.7 miles, 100 acres
- [Scalp Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/scalp-lake) - 1.9 miles, 254 acres
- [Wimer Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/wimer-lake) - 2.1 miles, 293 acres
- [Five Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/five-lake) - 2.2 miles, 245 acres
- [Rice Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/rice-lake) - 2.4 miles, 326 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.67499,-95.75022)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=56036000)
- [All lakes in Otter Tail County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/otter-tail-county/rose-lake)*