I had no idea there were so many responses to this thread. I am still fairly new here and probably have been using bad techniques to monitor threads. I will be back at the pond this weekend for some tree rat removal and will take some pictures of the flooded fingers.

I am not in a hurry for the trees to be gone, I think it makes an interesting place for the fish habitat. I just wanted to get an idea of what I am up against going forward. I appreciate all of the knowledge here from the members of this forum.