User blog comment:DarkSkullPirates/Basil Hawkins vs Crocodile/@comment-3425840-20120331225801/@comment-3425840-20120331231643

Ponds are water bodies where people can bath they are normally 10/15 feet deep (I have swam in many a pond).

As for voodoo dolls, yes Hawkins had them ready while fighting Kizaru, during the battle he commented that he can't face an Admiral with 10 "bodies" which implies he can not make them while fighting.