MONTHLY NEWS LETTER

                                                                                           Rotonda West Community Center, 

                                                                                            Hello All EFC Members,

                                                        Englewood Fishing Club Newsletter September 2024

Well it is already September and the change of seasons is upon us. The temperatures are easing a bit, rains season is still with us and our snowbird members are resettling as well. 

Our upcoming meeting is Thursday September 12 at our usual 6:30 hour.

Sept 12 Meeting Speaker – Rick has set up that our Sept meeting speaker will be Nick Haddad, of the University of Florida Sea Grant and Return them Right org. The discussion will evolve around Barotrauma and improved fish release techniques. Should be an interesting program. We will better understand the ‘right and wrongs’ of our fishing habits.

Fishing Tournament Events for September Nothing has been set in stone yet but keep taking the pictures and sending them in as usual. Steve will set something up at the meeting.

Activities Calendar We are fortunate to have a very bountiful set of events put together by our wonderful committee chair this year, Debbie Jones. Debbie, along with President Jim set up these close in and upcoming events. Community Activity season for our club is here.

The Cardboard races were held as usual on August 31, at Indian Mounds.

The club participated in the annual Cardboard Boat races held on Saturday August 31, 2024 at Indian Mounds park, We had two terrific young paddlers, Alex Muzychenko and Preston Yanda who made us proud of them and the event. They won two events and were nudged out in the final race by a nose and came in second overall. Our Club thanks the several of our members who not only attended but also cheered the young men on.

Pioneer days were all set and volunteers in place for the September 2 event which in spite of rain did take place. Here is Jim’s report from the day. Note the rainbow. “We got wet before and at the end of the parade. Thanks to Rick Rogoski, Bill and Linda Reisen, Tim Jones and his pickup, Cappy LaBarbera and of course, myself for participating.”

Rotunda Christmas Parade We are scheduled for the on Dec. 7th and planning for it is underway with final details by end of October.

Special Youth Fishing Events will be held on following dates:

- Big sisters/Big brothers at Chadwick park on Nov.9th.

- Port Charlotte Girl Scouts held in two parts. First is teaching ‘How’ on Nov 11 at Wintergarden Presbyterian Church and then fishing at Laishley park on Nov. 16th.

Future Event Dates scheduled as follows:

- CHEC family dates All on Saturdays.12/7/24, 1/4/2025, 2/1, 3/1 ,4/5.

- Spring Camp Friday 3/21/2025, and Summer Camp 6/6 ,6/13, 6/20 &6/27 in 2025.

We look forward to your participation at our future events. It has always been a tradition and certainly one we love and enjoy. Being a part of the community is important to us.

We end this joyful newsletter with this sad note about our beloved Dot Kern.

Dot Kern

We regret to announce the passing of long time member Dot Kern. Dot and her husband Dick are original members of the club formation and have been the coordinators of the club's 50/50 events at the club meetings. Dot loved fishing and often out fished Dick and other people.

A Celebration of Life will be held for Dot on Saturday September 28, 2024. This will be held at the Rotonda Community Center, 646 Rotonda Circle (where our monthly meetings are held) from 12:00 pm until 2:oopm.Club members and acquaintances of the Kern family are encouraged to attend. Anyone with pictures of Dot fishing should send a copy to Cappy LaBarbera as he is preparing a photo board to display at the celebration event.