Clear Lake has the reputation of being one of the best bass lakes in the nation, but the black crappie is also in abundance here. In fact, the lake has held the state record for black crappie for more than 30 years. Two years ago the state produced a new state record for black crappie when local tackle store owner David Burruss caught a 4-pound, 5 ounce black crappie. Burruss broke the old record of 4 pounds, 3 ounces that had stood for 33 years.
The bass will get a rest from tournament fishermen, as there no major tournaments scheduled for the month of August. There are several club tournaments but most of them will have less than 15 boats.
Today is World Breast Cancer Research Day, a global recognition of the life-changing research (past, present, and future) to end breast cancer. That would be nice. What is also nice, so far, is the lack of named storms in the Southeast. Lenders, and servicers, and of course homeowners, in the Southeast dread “hurricane season.” Back in May, NOAA's outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 to November 30) called for “above normal” storm activity. But the prediction, like interest rate predictions, has so far been wrong, and it has been surprisingly quiet to date, thankfully. In the housing market, things are also quieting down somewhat as the summer season winds down. Or is it due to recession fears? Time will tell. Meanwhile, every week I receive questions about market dynamics and individual lender performance. How much did “X” produce last year? In which states? What is their product mix? What was their growth YoY? Where
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