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Sprague Lake
Rice County
Walleye lake, Northern pike lake, Bass lake, Crappie lake, Sunfish lake
Lower Sakatah Lake
Stocked 2025
Lower Sakatah Lake is a 372-acre lake in Rice County, 7 feet at its deepest. The DNR last surveyed its fish in 2020. Recorded species include walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass and crappie.
Details
- DNR lake ID
- 66004400
- County
- Rice
- Surface area
- 372 acres
- Maximum depth
- 7 feet
- Shallow water (littoral) area
- 372 acres, 100% of the lake
- Shoreline
- 6.0 miles
- Average water clarity
- 2.7 feet (Secchi disk, 3 readings)
- Latest DNR fish survey
- July 2020, targeted survey
- Surveys on record
- 8, since 1986
- Game fish caught in the 2020 survey
- yellow perch 108, walleye 28, black crappie 27, white bass 25, northern pike 12, bluegill 2, largemouth bass 1
- Fish species recorded
- black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, hybrid sunfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye, white bass, white crappie, yellow perch, and 12 other species
- Stocked in 2025
- walleye fry (77,500)
- Stocked in 2024
- walleye fry (77,500)
- Stocked in 2023
- walleye fry (77,500)
- Stocking years on record
- 8 of the last 10 (2016 to 2025)
- Fish consumption
- Follow the statewide guidelines; fish from this lake have been tested
- Size
- 100 to 499 acres
- Deepest point
- Under 15 feet
- Stocked in the last 3 years
- Yes
Sources
- Minnesota DNR LakeFinder
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.