Pete Lopiccola was an avid, talented, well liked  fisherman from San Diego who spent much of his time as a skipper in Cabo San Lucas. He lost his battle to leukemia in January 1988, just six weeks after his cancer was diagnosed. He tried to keep his illness a secret, refusing treatment
as long as he could.

More than 400 attended his burial at
sea, at which time his friends vowed
to fight the disease that claimed his
life just two days before his 30th
birthday.

To honor his memory, his love for
Cabo, and to help fight the disease
that claimed his vibrant life, an annual Marlin tournament and charity was named after him. It is now the largest and most successful charity Marlin Tournament on the West Coast.

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Capt. Pete Lopiccola fishing off Cabo, 1987