Originally Posted by esshup
Let us know how it progresses!

50' wide at a 3:1 slope = 8.3' deep in the center. 2:1 slope = 12.5' deep in the center.

You can put a weight that will sink a bobber on a line. Cast across the pond, drag it back. When the bobber doesn't float any more, reel in, adjust so the bobber is further up the line, repeat. A slip bobber works great for this. Then measure the distance from the bobber to the sinker once the bobber stops being submerged at the deepest spot.

That's an easy way to tell the depth from the shore.

Or if you have other places that you'd like to check the depth, something like this would work too. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CQLVO5U/?tag=myonefish-20

My neighbor has one and he used it to map my personal pond, and it was VERY close to the mapping software I had on a depth finder on the boat.

Thanks for the tips. I was planning on just swimming in the pond when I placed the structures. laugh