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Carnelian Lake
Infested waters listPublic accessStocked 2025
Carnelian Lake is a 180-acre lake in Stearns County, 36 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2024. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 73003800
- County
- Stearns
- Surface area
- 180 acres
- Maximum depth
- 36 feet
- Mean depth
- 14 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 63 acres, 35% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 3.0 miles
- Average water clarity
- 10.0 feet (Secchi disk, 1 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- May 2024, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 10, since 1981
- Game fish caught in the 2024 survey
- black crappie 439, bluegill 109, hybrid sunfish 28
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye, yellow perch, and 13 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- black crappie adults (4,000)
- Carnelian Lake Public Water Access Site
- trailer launch, gravel ramp, 1 dock, 4 trailer spaces, run by DNR Division of Parks and Trails
- Infested waters list
- starry stonewort
- Special regulation
- Sunfish: Daily limit five.
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have not been tested
- Size
- 100 to 499 acres
- Deepest point
- 30 to 59 feet
- Public access
- Yes
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
Checked September 24, 2026 - Minnesota DNR Public Water Access Sites
Checked September 24, 2026
Survey catches show what DNR nets and electrofishing found on the survey date, not how the fishing is today. Check the current regulations and the Department of Health advice before you keep fish, and confirm access conditions before you tow a boat.