Lake Mary
Wright County, Minnesota
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Other fish species in the lake include Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Johnny Darter, Spottail Shiner and White Sucker.
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What aquatic invasive species are found in Lake Mary?
Join us in the fight to prevent the spread of invasive species These sneaky creatures can hitch a ride on boats, clinging onto propellers, anchor lines, and trailers. They can even survive in hidden places like bilge water and ballast tanks, or disguise themselves in dirt and sand that sticks to nets, buckets, anchors, and waders. But don't worry, we have the power to stop them in their tracks with just a few simple steps. So let's do our part and protect our waters from these unwanted invaders.
History & Status of the Fishery
Mary Lake is a 209 acre general development lake located two miles north of Maple Lake in central Wright County. A public access is located on the northwest side of the lake with room for 4 - 6 truck/trailer rigs. Mary Lake has a maximum depth of 102 feet and water clarity is fair with an average summer Secchi reading of about seven feet. Adequate dissolved oxygen was present to a depth of 16 feet during the week of the survey. A standard lake survey was conducted in 2017 to monitor changes in the fishery from the last survey completed in 2008. In addition to the standard lake survey, an Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) survey was conducted in August.
Emergent and floating-leaf vegetation covered a fifth of the lakes surface area and a majority of the shoreline in July. Cattail and white waterlily were the primary species. Submerged vegetation was not surveyed in 2017, but Coontail and Eurasian watermilfoil were the dominant species found during the 2008 survey.
Walleye were stocked about every other year from 1964 2016; however since stocking was not as successful as hoped it was discontinued after 2016. The catch of Walleye (2.0/gill net) was within the historical range of 0.5 to 3.8/gill net and above the first quartile value for Lake Class 24. Twelve Walleye were sampled and ranged from 12.4 to 20.2 inches with a mean length of 17.5 inches.
The catch of Northern Pike was similar from that of 2008 and within the expected range of values for similar lakes. Pike ranged in length from 21 to 31 inches with an average length and weight of 24 inches and 2.8 pounds. Thirty eight percent of the Northern Pike sampled were longer than 24 inches and 4% were longer than 30 inches.
Largemouth Bass were sampled by daytime electrofishing on May 16, 2017. A total of 105 Largemouth Bass were captured in 1.3 hours of sampling for a catch rate of 83.0/hour. This is about two times greater than the Sauk Rapids area daytime average of 43.3/hour. Largemouth Bass ranged in length from 4 to 21 inches with an average length of 13 inches.
The Bluegill catch was similar to previous surveys and within the range of expected values for the lake class. Bluegill ranged in length from 3 to 8 inches with an average length of four inches. The trap net catch of Black Crappie was similar to previous surveys, but below the expected range of values for the lake class. Black Crappie ranged in length from 5 to 13 inches with an average length of seven inches.
No Yellow Perch were sampled in the gill nets and only one was sampled during the whole survey.Yellow Perch have been on the decline since the historical high of 62.3/gill net in 1992.
Other species sampled during the survey included: Black Bullhead, Bowfin (dogfish), Common Carp, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Pumpkinseed and Yellow Bullhead.
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More Nearby Lakes To Explore
There's more lake's to explore around Lake Mary...| DISTANCE | ACRES | MAX DEPTH | |
| Unnamed Lake | 0.5 mi | 10 | |
| Upper Maple Lake | 1.8 mi | 739 | 76 ft |
| Somers Lake | 1.9 mi | 151 | 21 ft |
| Mink Lake | 2.3 mi | 280 | 39 ft |
| Unnamed Lake | 2.4 mi | 17 | |
| Unnamed Lake | 2.4 mi | 15 | |
| Millstone Lake | 2.4 mi | 200 | 9 ft |
| Unnamed Lake | 2.6 mi | 12 | |
| Ramsey Lake | 2.9 mi | 317 | 80 ft |
| Sullivan Lake | 3.1 mi | 71 | 58 ft |
