KDFWR regularly creates and maintains fish attractors and habitat structures in Rough River Lake. Fish attractors come in a wide variety of styles depending on the available materials and goals.
Fish attractor types
- Weighted Brush Piles/Reefs: Local brush gathered and weighted with concrete blocks
- Christmas Trees: Recycled Christmas trees weighted with concrete blocks
- Stake Beds/Buckets: Arrays of vertical stakes grouped together in shallow water
- Hinge Cuts: Shoreline trees cut partway through with their tops in the water
- Log Piles: Larger tree trunks and branches weighted with concrete blocks
- Pallet Stacks: Stacked arrangements of wooden pallets wired together and weighted
- Plastic Structures: Various structures constructed of PVC pipe or plastic pallets
- Rock Piles: Small clusters of 3-5 tons of shot rock or rip-rap
- Reef Ball: Small concrete domes 3-4 feet tall
Lake map and GPX downloads
The following links will give you access to the habitat information. The “Map” column has links that will take you to a Google Maps page showing the fish attractors. In the map, clicking on the icon for each attractor will give you information on the location, type, latitude, and longitude. It also includes GPS coordinates in 3 different formats.