---
type: lake
name: "Lower Sakatah Lake"
county: "Rice"
nearest_town: "Morristown"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 372
max_depth_ft: 7
latitude: 44.23762
longitude: -93.50325
lake_score: 44
dnr_lake_id: "66004400"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/lower-sakatah-lake
---

# Lower Sakatah Lake

Lake in Rice County, Minnesota, near Morristown

- **Surface Area**: 372 acres
- **Max Depth**: 7 ft
- **Shoreline**: 6 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 2.7 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 44/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lower Sakatah Lake is a 372-acre lake near Morristown in Rice County, Minnesota. It reaches 7 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 6 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 2.7 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 15 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch. 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 2020.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. Ice typically goes out around March 29, based on 6 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 15
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2020
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, White Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo, Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Common Carp, Freshwater Drum, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: March 29
- **Years of record**: 6
- **Earliest**: 2015-03-20
- **Latest**: 2013-04-18

## Nearby Lakes

- [Upper Sakatah Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/le-sueur-county/upper-sakatah-lake) - 2 miles, 892 acres
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/le-sueur-county/horseshoe-lake) - 2.1 miles, 417 acres
- [Caron Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/caron-lake) - 4.9 miles, 319 acres
- [Sunfish Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/le-sueur-county/sunfish-lake) - 5 miles, 121 acres
- [Lake Tetonka](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/le-sueur-county/lake-tetonka) - 5.3 miles, 1,358 acres
- [Cedar Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/cedar-lake) - 5.4 miles, 902 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.23762,-93.50325)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=66004400)
- [All lakes in Rice County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/rice-county/lower-sakatah-lake)*