Englewood Beach Current Information

Nondenominational Men's Prayer Breakfast
Monday, May 12, 2008 7 – 8am
Location: Englewood United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall700 E. Dearborn St.,
Donation, $1. For more information, call 941-475-6314.

Englewood K Of C May Casino Trip
Monday, May 12, 2008
Location: St. Raphael Parish Center parking lot, 770 Kilbourne Ave., Englewood.
The Knights of Columbus is sponsoring a one-day trip to the Hard RockCasino in Tampa on May 12, departing from the St. Raphael Parish Center parking lot, 770 Kilbourne Ave., Englewood at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $30 per person and includes the round-trip motor coach, a $5 food voucher and $25 free play coupons. Reservations required by May 9, with information to include: Name, address, date of birth or players card number. Checks may be made payable to Knights of Columbus. For trip reservations or more information, call Jim Hanyak at 941-473-0666 or Peter Maggi at 941-473-1489.

Englewood Beach Weather
Monday and Thursday look like it might rain, so hit the beach on Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday - or don't worry about the rain and hit the beach anyway!

Englewood Beach Fishing News
2008 - Year of the cobia?
By Capt. Ralph Allen

Sometimes fishing is great and sometimes “You should have been here yesterday” stories abound. Angling success goes in cycles as the populations of various species rise and fall. Sometimes the fluctuations in the numbers of fish are in response to natural events such as red tides or cold weather, either of which can kill large numbers of animals. Sometimes fish fluctuations are in response to human affairs that can either be immediate, as in a chemical spill or some other disaster, or more long term like over harvest of a particular fish, and sometimes fish numbers go way up or way down for reasons we never understand.

A perfect example of this last scenario is playing out right now in the waters of southwest Florida where anglers are finding more cobia than have been seen in a number of years. And while we may not understand why this is a strong cobia year, no one is complaining about the unexplained abundance of these popular fish.