Wow, Looks like you had a lot of fun. I have the same problem with my pond. Two years ago I had tons of skinny 10 inch LMB now after removing roughly 90 lbs of LMB I have tons of skinny 12-14 inch LMB.
Congrats on the progress with the pond. It's always nice to see a plan working out.
I caught one of those deformed LMB out of my pond about 2 years ago. I thought he added character to the pond so I threw him back. I haven't caught him since then.It's always suprising to me to see those genetically deformed fish. They must realy be some scrappy fish to survive with those deformitys.
