Given you think the LMB numbers are insufficient for the BG, right now is a good time to focus on getting that number up. With your harvest, spawning will likely be the result and you want very few of the YOY to make it to 3".
One thing I would like to add is that your management of the pond along with the cooperative effort of your family is an very good example of how a pond needs to be managed generally. The single most important factor to a quality fishery is population structure and it requires commitment to harvest at times when the size of harvested fish are at weights less than desired. I think you will succeed with this because there is no lack of commitment. Keep us posted.
