maple dog,
your probably done for the season so you can try this next year
first the most i have ever made is 7gals and the year i did that the finishing off batches were quite deep in the dutch oven bottom i use to finish in. when i ladeled the syrup into jars i got some nice clear ones the rest had some "grunge" on the bottom
i usually make less and hate to feed any to the filter so this is what i do

filter the almost syrup into the finishing pot or a bucket to tranfer later, thiis gets rid of alot of stuff including the soot and other chunks that have fallen intothe pan, if you put it in a different container thana finishing pot and let it sit stuff will settle out

while finishing i use a slottd spoon and try to capture the "niter blooms" that show up
when its ready i ladel it into jars with luck i can get some clear ones but otherwise i just let the gunge settle to the bottom and use the top
i use wide mouth mason jars and the gravey ladel we have fits in very nicely

if you wanted to let it sit for awhile before the jars i'd do like greg and put the syurp into something clear so i could see what i was doing small amounts(1-2gal) i wouldn't worry about the stuff on the bottom but if i was doing more i would put it aside until the end of the season to see how much more would settle out