James Brown visits cancer patients frequently at All Children's Hospital, hoping to brighten their days. And starting next month, Brown plans to lift the kids' spirits even more. The Auburndale angler is launching Dream Catcher Fishing Charters, and he hopes to take a child fishing in Tampa Bay once each month.

"I don't want the kids to have to worry about money. I don't want them to worry about anything but having a good time," Brown said. "That might be the last fish they catch in their life.

" Brown understands what the kids are going through, the ever-present pain and despair that can come with cancer. He can relate to the misery of chemotherapy. Brown, 21, is a cancer survivor.

"I'm two years cancer-free now, so I'm loving every minute of it," Brown said. Not once, but twice in the past four years, Brown has endured and overcome cancer, its uncertain fears of what tomorrow might bring, the agony and drain of chemotherapy. "There were several times I told my mom I wasn't going back again.

But you see that look in her face, and it's just one of them things you've got to do," Brown said. "It wasn't good, but I guess you've got to take whatever hand you're dealt with." A vibrant young man, Brown will never forget what got him through those dark days - the love of family and friends, but also fishing.

Diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric cancer in his left shoulder at age 17, Brown's weekly trips to All Children's in St. Petersburg for treatment often included a stop on the way home to catch snook at Anna Maria Island with his father, Daryl. And during that time, he was invited on fishing excursions with the help of organizations like the Children's Dream Fund and the Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

He caught Pacific sailfish off Costa Rica and even spent a day with Capt. Jose Wejebe, host of the "Spanish Fly" TV show on ESPN2.