Picture a Thanksgiving Weekend on the Water: A Day-by-Day Daydream Wit

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Picture a Thanksgiving Weekend on the Water: A Day-by-Day Daydream With the LTB 25

Picture the long weekend after Thanksgiving aboard the 2025 LTB 25 center console from Reel Chance's giveaway, one day at a time.

The LTB 25 on open blue water under a pale sky with two people aboard near the console, one of them holding a fishing rod — Out on open water with a rod in hand, as shown on the giveaway page.

Thanksgiving week has a rhythm of its own. The table gets set, the kitchen gets busy, and somewhere in all of it you start thinking about the long weekend that follows. So let us play a game. Picture that weekend on the water, with the 2025 Latitude Tournament Boats LTB 25 center console from Reel Chance's giveaway as the boat for the days, and plan it out one day at a time.

A quick note first. This is a daydream. The Official Rules give no date by which a winner would have the prize, and the winner chooses between the boat and a cash award. So this year's weekend is not part of the deal. Think of it as a picture of a holiday weekend to come.

Wednesday, November 25The day before the table is set

The random drawing is set for on or about this date, so by now the entering is over. Entries close earlier, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 19, a week before the holiday. The free mail-in entry and the membership route are explained further down. Then you can get back to the pie.

Thursday, ThanksgivingA quiet morning, then the big meal

Holiday day, so no boating. But once the plates are cleared, it is fun to picture the next morning. Here is the boat you would be looking at: a 25 ft fiberglass hull with an open center console and a big fishing layout.

A wide view of the LTB 25 running across green-blue water with a white wake and a long shoreline in the distance — The LTB 25 running on open water, a wide shot from the giveaway page.

Friday, November 27Out on the water with the music on

Skip the shopping lines in this version of the weekend. Imagine pushing off for a slow morning ride. The spec list gives the boat a Fusion head unit, a Wet Sounds amplifier, four Zero speakers and a 10-inch subwoofer, so you could choose the playlist. The bow seating in the photo below shows round speakers in the seat front.

A man in a white cap leaning over the bow to handle the black Garmin trolling motor, with round speakers in the seat front and patterned flooring below — Bow seating with round speakers, plus the Garmin trolling motor and patterned flooring.

Saturday, November 28A day for rods and patience

This is the fishing day. The boat's list has 40 rod holders in all, and a Garmin Force Kraken trolling motor with a Sea Swivel bracket at the bow. The helm carries two Garmin 1243xsv displays. Pack the rods you already own, and give everyone a spot to hold one.

One more thing from the list: Seakeeper Ride, which the page describes as automatic pitch and roll correction for a smoother ride offshore. Whether that matters to you depends on the water you pick.

The LTB 25 seen head-on from the bow, with the patterned deck, white console and black T-top, and the trolling motor at the bow — The boat from the bow, with the console and T-top ahead.

Sunday, November 29Rinse, wrap up, plan the next one

The weekend ends the way many boat days do, with a hose. The list includes a saltwater washdown system and full custom DEKit flooring, so there is something to rinse. Then comes the best part of any holiday trip: deciding when to go again.

Thanksgiving weekend · LTB 25

Plan the weekend in your head. Enter for the real thing.

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No purchase necessary. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Open to legal residents of the US and Canada, 18+ or the age of majority. Void where prohibited. Ends 11/19/2026 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET. Official Rules

The boat in plain words

Here is what the giveaway page says, with no extras. A 25 ft fiberglass performance hull. Power is a 300 HP Mercury V8 Verado, a gasoline outboard, with a fuel tank sized at 180 gallons. Seakeeper Ride. Garmin electronics and Mercury VesselView monitoring. Two Rule 1500 GPH bilge pumps. The page calls it turn-key and tournament-rigged.

The LTB 25 floating side-on over teal water with its white hull, black T-top, console and outboard in view — The prize boat from the side.

What the winner decides

The winner is given a choice. The Official Rules say it is the boat, or $100,000 in cash, whichever the winner prefers. The Sponsor puts the prize's top value at $200,000. So the daydream above is one possible plan. A winner could plan a very different holiday with cash.

The photos show people in Reel Chance shirts and caps, but those are not prize items. The prize is the boat or the cash, as the Official Rules describe it.

The LTB 25 underway on turquoise water, throwing a white wake behind its outboard, with two people near the console — The boat underway, from the giveaway page.

The fine print, in plain EnglishHow entering works

Members are entered automatically. An active Reel Chance membership includes automatic entry into every Reel Chance giveaway, alongside the other member benefits.

Anyone can enter for free. Mail a hand-printed 3" x 5" card as described in the Official Rules. Each mail-in entry counts as 10 entries. Mail-in entries must be postmarked by November 19, 2026 and received by November 24, 2026.

Paying never improves your odds. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning, and odds depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Holiday weekend · One entry

Entries close the week before Thanksgiving, on November 19.

Enter for the LTB 25 →

What is Reel Chance?

Reel Chance is a membership club for anglers. Members get:

Cash back when you shop at more than 6,600 stores
Plastic removed from the ocean every month through your membership
Digital wallpapers for your phone and desktop, included with membership
Discounts on Reel Chance merch for Deckhand members and above
Automatic entry into every Reel Chance giveaway while your membership is active

Membership starts at $15 per month, renews monthly until you cancel, and can be canceled anytime from your account. Past winners are listed on our winners page.

You never have to buy anything to enter. There's a free way to enter by mail, described in the Official Rules, and a purchase will not improve your chances of winning.

The short version

A daydream, not a promise: no date is given for a winner to have the prize
Boat: 25 ft center console, 300 HP Verado, Seakeeper Ride
Deck and sound: washdown, DEKit flooring, Fusion and Wet Sounds audio
What a winner gets: a choice between boat and cash
Last day to enter: Thursday, November 19; drawing around November 25

Common questions

Could a winner really be on the water by Thanksgiving weekend?

The Official Rules do not give a date for when a winner would have the prize, and the drawing is on or about November 25. Treat this article as a picture of a future holiday, not a schedule.

Does the weekend plan above come with the prize?

No. The plan is our daydream. The prize is the boat or $100,000 in cash, whichever the winner picks.

Are the rods and gear in the photos included?

Only what the Official Rules list for the Grand Prize is included. The photos show people and items as scenes.

Can the whole household enter?

Each eligible person can enter on their own. People tied to the Sponsor or the Administrator, and their families and households, are not eligible. See the Official Rules.

When do entries close?

The last moment is 11:59:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 19, 2026, one week before Thanksgiving.

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