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40-acre lake near Hampshire. The lake tops out around 9 ft. Contours on this water are modeled from its actual shoreline and max depth. Good for finding likely water, never for navigation. What follows comes from the same scoring engine that paints the spots above.
Sowley Pond maps at 40 acres behind 1.6 miles of shoreline. With a 1.9 development index there's bank structure worth casting at, in moderation. All of it is shallow-zone water — under ~15 ft across the entire basin, so the food chain has the run of the place. Figure 0.6 mi of water from one end to the other, 0.3 mi at the beam. It sits in Hampshire. Its nearest charted neighbour, Hatchet Pond, is 3 mi to the north.
In spring, brown trout run shallow here, mostly 1 to 9 ft. Summer keeps them at 3 to 9 ft, and they winter in 1 to 9 ft. Summer brown trout concentrate at Break off the point, a prime-rated drop-off around 4 ft. Fish it in after dark and early morning and you'll meet the bite. You won't need more than a spoon at the thermocline or a deep stickbait (night) most summer days.
Depth note: when a documented seasonal range extends below this chart, the table shows the deepest mapped working water, not a verified holding depth.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 1 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 3 to 25 ft | dawn & dusk | Main-lake point (8 ft) | Stickbait off planer boards (shallow), Small spoon along mud lines |
| Summer | 3 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 25 to 60 ft | night & dawn | Break off the point (4 ft) | Spoon at the thermocline, Deep stickbait (night) |
| Fall | 2 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 5 to 30 ft | dusk & dawn | Main-lake point (8 ft) | Jerkbait over gravel, Casting spoon |
| Winter | 1 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 5 to 35 ft | dawn | Break off the point (4 ft) | Jigging spoon, Small stickbait (slow) |
Spring european perch on Sowley Pond hold shallow, usually 2 to 9 ft. Depth-wise the year is flat: 3 to 9 ft in summer, 3 to 9 ft once it turns cold. Put Shallow bay flat first on the milk run — a weed flat near 3 ft that grades prime for spring. The feeding windows run early morning. The summer box starts with a drop-shot micro plastics or a small crankbait (perch pattern).
Depth note: when a documented seasonal range extends below this chart, the table shows the deepest mapped working water, not a verified holding depth.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 2 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 3 to 12 ft | midday & dawn | Shallow bay flat (3 ft) | Small jig + curly tail, Inline spinner #1-2 |
| Summer | 3 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 8 to 28 ft | dawn | Deep basin (8 ft) | Drop-shot micro plastics, Small crankbait (perch pattern) |
| Fall | 3 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 10 to 33 ft | midday | Deep basin (8 ft) | Jigging spoon (small), Drop-shot on deep flats |
| Winter | 3 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 12 to 33 ft | midday & dawn | Deep basin (8 ft) | Tungsten jig + maggots, Small balance jig |
When the water first warms, northern pike slide up into 2 to 8 ft. Summer is a 3 to 9 ft game here, winter a 3 to 9 ft one. Start at Shallow bay flat. It's a weed flat holding about 3 ft of water and rates prime come spring. The feeding windows run early morning and the evening. Keep a bucktail or a weedless spoon over cabbage rigged through the warm months.
Depth note: when a documented seasonal range extends below this chart, the table shows the deepest mapped working water, not a verified holding depth.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 2 to 8 ft | midday & dawn | Shallow bay flat (3 ft) | #5 inline spinner, Spoon (red/white) |
| Summer | 3 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 8 to 20 ft | dawn & dusk | Shallow bay flat (3 ft) | Bucktail, Weedless spoon over cabbage |
| Fall | 3 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 6 to 18 ft | midday & dawn | Shallow bay flat (3 ft) | Big rubber (Bull Dawg style), Husky-style jerkbait |
| Winter | 3 to 9 ft chart-limited; documented 5 to 15 ft | midday | Shallow bay flat (3 ft) | Tip-ups, Large jigging spoon |
5 pieces of structure are mapped here — Main-lake point, around 8 ft, is the deepest of them.
Sowley Pond is about 9 ft (3 m) deep at its deepest point. The contours here are modeled from the water's real shape and maximum depth, so treat them as a rough guide.
Anglers target brown trout, european perch, northern pike on Sowley Pond. This isn't a survey of the water — none is published for it — but an informed estimate from the species common to the region, narrowed by this water's depth, size and each species' range.
Shallow bay flat is the top-rated area: a weed flat in about 3 ft of water that rates prime for european perch in spring. The map above holds the full rated-spot list for every species and season.
For brown trout, the summer bite is best in after dark and early morning. Each species page section below lists the seasonal windows, and the map shows a live NOW badge when you're inside one.
Hatchet Pond 3 mi · Blashford Lake 15 mi · Fonthill Lake 35 mi · Shortheath Common 35 mi · Frensham Great Pond 40 mi · Frensham Little Pond 41 mi · Hammer Pond 43 mi · Shear Water 43 mi · Farnham Flint or Englefield Lagoon 50 mi · Sonning Eye gravel pit 54 mi · Virginia Water 58 mi · Manor Lake or Fleet Lake or Abbey Lake 60 mi
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