Why we fish
Still showing up
It started with a love of Lacrosse (Lax). We played together and against each
other — some of us since before high school, all of us around here.
In 2016 we entered Fish For A Cure looking for a reason to keep showing up
for each other. Most of us have hung up the sticks since. A few stubborn holdouts
haven’t. Either way the boat goes out every November, and that day on the
water is how a group of friends stays a group of friends: some fishing, a few
drinks, and real money for people in our community facing cancer.
Nobody planned this part. Our first year we raised $8,751. The idea that we’d
one day cross $1,000,000 would have gotten a laugh out
of every one of us.
Every dollar goes to the Cancer Survivorship Program at Luminis Health Anne Arundel
Medical Center’s Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute. These programs
are donor-funded, which is another way of saying they exist because people like you
pay for them — nurse navigation, nutrition counseling, oncology rehabilitation,
and psychosocial support for more than 2,000 patients and families a year. They live
in Annapolis, Severna Park, and the towns around this Bay.
The tournament
Fish For A Cure 2026
F4AC is a fishing tournament and fundraising challenge on the Chesapeake Bay,
followed by a Shore Party in Annapolis. Since it began, the event has raised more
than $7.7 million for cancer care — including a record
$1.2 million in 2025.
Tournament & Shore Party: Saturday, November 7, 2026
Safe Harbor, 519 Chester Ave, Annapolis, MD
Visit fishforacure.org
