---
type: lake
name: "Lake Mary"
county: "Wright"
nearest_town: "Oster"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 190
max_depth_ft: 46
latitude: 44.99607
longitude: -94.02344
lake_score: 33
dnr_lake_id: "86019300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/lake-mary-oster
---

# Lake Mary

Lake in Wright County, Minnesota, near Oster

- **Surface Area**: 190 acres
- **Max Depth**: 46 ft
- **Average Depth**: 18 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 6.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: No public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 33/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Lake Mary is a 190-acre lake near Oster in Wright County, Minnesota. It reaches 46 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 18 feet, and has roughly 2.3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 6.3 feet.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 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.

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 9, based on 97 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**: 13
- **Stocked**: Yes
- **Last DNR survey**: 2024
- **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, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, White Sucker, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 9
- **Years of record**: 97
- **Earliest**: 1990-03-03
- **Latest**: 2018-05-02

## Nearby Lakes

- [Dog Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/dog-lake) - 1 miles, 97 acres
- [Emma Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/emma-lake) - 1.7 miles, 189 acres
- [Winsted Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mcleod-county/winsted-lake) - 2.4 miles, 382 acres
- [Lake Ann](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/lake-ann) - 2.5 miles, 375 acres
- [Yaeger Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/yaeger-lake) - 3.1 miles, 111 acres
- [Dutch Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/wright-county/dutch-lake) - 4.2 miles, 162 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.99607,-94.02344)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=86019300)
- [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/lake-mary-oster)*