Locations of Fish Habitat Structures

Well-placed, quality habitat structures benefit fish and anglers. They provide protective cover and foraging areas for fish and improve anglers’ catch rates. This makes fishing better and more accessible for anglers. TPWD has placed fish habitat structures in 70 reservoirs around the state.

Texas Fish Habitat Structure Viewer

To view the locations of the habitat structures, you can use our Habitat Structure Viewer or download the CSV, GPX, KML, and shapefiles.

Within the Habitat Structure Viewer, you can:

• Select a specific waterbody to view
• Zoom in and out
• Get the coordinates, structure type, and year installed for each set of habitat structures

Once in the Habitat Structure Viewer, you can view the User Guide by clicking on the 'i' in the upper right corner.

Download the data files. The data files include CSV, GPX, KML, and shapefiles for the fish habitat structures in major Texas reservoirs. Please make sure that your fish finder GPS device is set to the decimal degree position format before uploading fish habitat structures. View instructions for changing the format.

Partner organizations around the state have worked with TPWD to create and install these fish attractors. Visit Friends of Reservoirs for more information about these collaborative habitat projects.

Types of Fish Habitat Structures. See a detailed description of each of the different types of fish habitat structures used by TPWD.