During this year's 15th anniversary 2021 Fish For a Cure tournament on November 6, participants collectively raised more than $380,000 for cancer survivorship programs at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center’s Geaton and JoAnn DeCesaris Cancer Institute!

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Lenny Rudow had the big fish of the day for our team, catching and releasing this 28.25-incher.

But first our biased report: Team FishTalk/PropTalk broke a personal fundraising record at $15,255 and came in seventh in the Paul C. Dettor Captain's Challenge! A Huge THANK YOU to everyone who made donations to our team and/or participated in our online silent auction. We also came in third place in the catch and release rockfish division.

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Eric Packard of Team FishTalk/PropTalk with a nice catch and release rockfish. 

Our team consisted of FishTalk angler in chief Lenny Rudow, PropTalk editor Kaylie Jasinski, production manager Zach Ditmars, and FishTalk contributor Eric Packard.

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Team FishTalk/PropTalk

Team LaxFish, with captain Steve Morgan, was the Paul C. Dettor Captain's Challenge winner, breaking a fundraising record by raising $108,000. In second place was Alternating Currents - Heller Electric, with captain Brian Heller, raising $70,215. Reel Counsel- Liff, Walsh & Simmons/Eagle Title, with captain Brad Walsh, came in third place at $45,327.

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Team LaxFish was the Paul C. Dettor Captain's Challenge winner, breaking a fundraising record by raising over $108,000. Photo courtesy of Fish For a Cure

Rounding out the top 10 fundraising winners were:

4. Lady Jen with Team Yorktel
Captain Ken Scaturro
$31,615

5. Team Alltackle.com
Captain Keith Fraser
$30,455

6. Luki Belle
Captain David Jenkins
$20,130

7. Team FishTalk/PropTalk
Captain Lenny Rudow
$15,255

8. MaxSent
Captain Matt Sipos
$13,700

9. Team Junebug on The Sporting Wood
Captain Allen Smith
$11,825

10. PYY Fishing
Captain Steve Wagner
$11,140

Rockfish Winners:

  1. Liquified Creative – 8.56 lbs.
  2. Team Alltackle.com – 8.20 lbs.
  3. Luki Belle – 8.18 lbs.
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Team Liquified Creative came in first place in the rockfish division. Photo courtesy of Fish For a Cure

Catch and Release Rockfish Winners: 

  1. PYY Marine - 80.5”
  2. Sonar Kings - 70.5”
  3. FishTalk Magazine / PropTalk Magazine - 68.375”