---
type: lake
name: "Caroline Lake"
county: "Wright"
nearest_town: "Fairhaven"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 137
max_depth_ft: 45
latitude: 45.31773
longitude: -94.19639
lake_score: 49
dnr_lake_id: "86028100"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/caroline-lake
---

# Caroline Lake

Lake in Wright County, Minnesota, near Fairhaven

- **Surface Area**: 137 acres
- **Max Depth**: 45 ft
- **Average Depth**: 15 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3.1 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 4 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: 1 public boat launch (concrete)
- **Lake Score**: 49/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Caroline Lake is a 137-acre lake near Fairhaven in Wright County, Minnesota. It reaches 45 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 15 feet, and has roughly 3.1 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 4 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 17 fish species here, including walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and pumpkinseed. Special fishing regulations apply to crappie and sunfish, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2019.

There is one public boat launch (concrete surface) managed by the Minnesota DNR. The lake is listed as infested with Eurasian watermilfoil — clean, drain and dry your boat and gear before leaving. Ice typically goes out around April 11, based on 9 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**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2019
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Crappie**: Daily limit five.
- **Sunfish**: Daily limit ten.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Boating, Paddling

## Amenities

Boat Ramp

## Fish Species

Walleye, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Channel Catfish, Tullibee (Cisco), Black Bullhead, Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Invasive Species

Eurasian watermilfoil. Clean, drain and dry boats and gear before leaving.

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 11
- **Years of record**: 9
- **Earliest**: 2016-03-14
- **Latest**: 2018-04-30

## Nearby Lakes

- [Marie Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/marie-lake) - 1.5 miles, 146 acres
- [Laura Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/laura-lake) - 1.7 miles, 140 acres
- [Lake Augusta](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/lake-augusta) - 1.7 miles, 187 acres
- [Louisa Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/louisa-lake) - 2.8 miles, 193 acres
- [School Section Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/stearns-county/school-section-lake) - 3.8 miles, 211 acres
- [Clearwater Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/clearwater-lake) - 3.9 miles, 3,187 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=45.31773,-94.19639)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=86028100)
- [All lakes in Wright County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county)

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