A heavy weight on a sounding line will sink easily into the light fluffy unsolidated mucky bottom. If you test the depth that way I would subtract about 6" from the total measurement. You probably have a lot more amphibians in a pond like that than you realize. Many of the amphibians are very early visitors and appear soon after the ice melts. There are likely 3 species of frogs and several species of salamanders that use the pond since I suspect there are no bass in there due to winter and summer kills. The pond to me looks to be about 5 ft deep. Lets see how close I come to being correct.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/05/15 07:26 PM.
