So I fish a lot of borrow pits and I've always been curious of the topography.  Has anyone charted a borrow pit? Has anyone taken the time to use a Carolina rig to feel it out? I know that mine are mostly weedy mud bottoms. 

I think that would be true for most of them

what is a borrow pit?

11 minutes ago, Mike Dixon said:

what is a borrow pit?

It is ponds near roadways that are created by digging a hole to get the dirt to form elevated roadways/overpasses. The dirt is "borrowed" to make the elevations.

Any contours that some may have is whatever the digging equipment made when removing the dirt.

oh gotcha! thank you! first time ive ever heard of the term!

That's the first time I've heard of a borrow pit too.  Do they stock them with fish after they're done digging out the dirt they need?

I've always wondered why they were called borrow pits. The term borrow implies a return of what was borrowed. Does anybody ever get their dirt back?