Reservoir Fish Habitat Locations

Over the last decade, projects have been implemented at Roosevelt Lake (2016-2019), Roosevelt Christmas Trees (2024), Bartlett Lake (2019-2020), Bartlett Lake (2025), Canyon Lake (2020), and Saguaro Lake (2021), Alamo Lake (2023), Apache Lake (2024). The following maps identify a specific GPS point that represents an area of approximately one acre where fish habitat structures have been installed. The UTM and/or Latitude/Longitude coordinates are provided for each of those points in a table, and can be entered manually into a hand-held GPS or a GPS enabled sonar unit. Remember that habitats were installed in an area around each coordinate and sonar units will be helpful in identifying exact locations for individual structures. Some examples of the structures installed are pictured below. Fish habitat structures were also installed at Woodland Lake (2021) and Show Low Lake (2022). At Woodland Lake the points and GPS coordinates represent individual or paired structures.

Habitat location GPS enabled files

The Arizona Game and Fish Department installs several different types of habitat structures in reservoirs throughout the state to help anglers find fish throughout the year. The Department uses PVC, Christmas trees, wooden structures, and others to congregate fish and increase chances for anglers to have a successful fishing trip. Finding these structures is easy when using the files provided below and installed in your GPS enabled sonar on your boat.

Using the GPS files

GPS files are provided in three different formats, Humminbird waypoints and routes (HWR), Lowrance waypoints, routes and tracks (USR) and GPS Exchange Format (GPX).

1) Select the body of water(s) that you will be visiting.

GPS files for all lakes listed in the table below: All Lakes (GPX)

	GPX file format
Alamo Lake	Alamo GPX
Apache Lake	Apache GPX
Bartlett Lake	Bartlett GPX
Canyon Lake	Canyon GPX
Lake Havasu	Havasu GPX
Lake Mohave	Mohave GPX
Lynx Lake	Lynx GPX
Roosevelt Lake	Roosevelt GPX
Saguaro Lake	Saguaro GPX
Show Low Lake	Show Low Lake GPX
Woodland Lake	Woodland Lake GPX

2) Right click the file you want to download and select the “Save link as…” option.

3) Open your file browser to the location you saved the GPS location file.

4) Connect your memory card (SD or micro-SD card) to your computer.

5) Copy the file you downloaded to the memory card. Unplug the memory card after you have successfully copied the file to the memory card.

6) Insert the memory card into the GPS unit and import the contents of the file. Refer to the GPS user manual for specific instructions on importing a GPX data file.

7) You’re all set and ready to go.