---
type: lake
name: "Schultz Lake"
county: "St. Louis"
nearest_town: "Fredenberg"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 210
max_depth_ft: 48
latitude: 46.99308
longitude: -92.13156
lake_score: 36
dnr_lake_id: "69023000"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/schultz-lake
---

# Schultz Lake

Lake in St. Louis County, Minnesota, near Fredenberg

- **Surface Area**: 210 acres
- **Max Depth**: 48 ft
- **Average Depth**: 20 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.9 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 9 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 36/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Schultz Lake is a 210-acre lake near Fredenberg in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It reaches 48 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 20 feet, and has roughly 2.9 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 9 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 11 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 2012.

No public water access is on record with the DNR, so getting on the water generally depends on a resort, private landing or permission from a shoreline owner. Ice typically goes out around April 24, based on 16 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: No public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: N/A

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 11
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2012
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass, Black Bullhead, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 24
- **Years of record**: 16
- **Earliest**: 2024-04-08
- **Latest**: 2014-05-10

## Nearby Lakes

- [Island Lake Reservoir](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/island-lake-reservoir) - 2.4 miles, 8,001 acres
- [Flowage](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/flowage) - 2.9 miles, 112 acres
- [Eagle Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/eagle-lake) - 4.2 miles, 113 acres
- [Boulder Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/boulder-lake) - 5.2 miles, 3,260 acres
- [Morgan Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/morgan-lake) - 6.7 miles, 104 acres
- [Alden Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/alden-lake) - 6.7 miles, 190 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.99308,-92.13156)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=69023000)
- [All lakes in St. Louis County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/st-louis-county/schultz-lake)*