The Big Event

A Winning Combination Each Year Is
Bill Luke’s Big Bass Days, Boat Show

When: Friday, March 28 through Sunday, March 30

Where: Lake Pleasant Harbor — Lake Pleasant is located 45 minutes northwest of Phoenix on the Carefree Highway. Take I-17 north out of Phoenix to Carefree Highway, and then take Carefree Highway west towards Lake Pleasant and exit right at 87th Ave. Take 87th Ave. north to the Pleasant Harbor entrance and turn left into the park. Pay the State Park fees and proceed into the park, following the signs for parking.

Entertainment: Mogollon will be there on Friday and Saturday night; Second Shift performs live on Saturday at 6 p.m., and Darryl Worley is featured on Saturday night. And, the always-popular fireworks show is scheduled for Saturday night.

Boat Show: Have you ever been to a Boat Show and had visions of getting away for a weekend or even an afternoon of fun? Was that vision tempered with the fact that you had never actually driven the boat or experienced its features “on the water”? Or, perhaps you have purchased a boat with an expectation of performance only to be disappointed when you took the boat to the lake for the first time.

The Lake Pleasant “On The Water Boat Show” provides a unique opportunity for boating enthusiasts to both see and demo a wide range of boats, including deck boats, ski boats, runabout, aft-cabin cruisers, pontoon boats, fishing boats, and houseboats.

The 20 participating boat dealers attending the Lake Pleasant Boat Show are committed to providing the best prices of the year. In addition to factory incentives, special financing will also be available.

Prizes:

• A Mazatal Hotel & Casino $1,000 cash award will go to a lucky contestant each day having the seventh biggest bass during the 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. weigh-in. All the angler has to do is be wearing, or have in possession, a 2008 Bill Luke Dodge Big Bass Days T-shirt.
• Enter at Bill Luke Dodge for a $5,000 cash bonus. Sign up in person at Bill Luke Dodge and be automatically entered in the $5,000 Cash Bonus Award.
• SRP will pay $1,000 each day to the first contestant weighing in a large mouth bass that weighs exactly 2 pounds on the official scale.
• The largest bass Friday, Saturday, and Sunday wins the angler $10,000.
• A special Voyager boat drawing will be held Sunday — must be present to win.
• The biggest bass overall will win the angler a new Ranger bass boat, a Mercury outboard motor, and a trailer.
• The biggest striped bass overall will win the angler a Polaris Sportsmen 500.
• There will be cash prizes every hour for the top 10 biggest bass.
• Daily, for the top three biggest bass, there is a cash pot (optional $25 fee).
• For the kids (first through fifth place) there are Wal-Mart gift cards and trophies.
• A new feature: There are payouts for the 10 biggest striped bass overall.

Note: Details for the drawing prizes; the winners must be present for all drawing prizes.

Southwest Boats and the Ranger Boat Company will support the 2008 Bill Luke Dodge Big Bass Days in a big way!  Southwest Boats and Ranger will give away a new 2008 Ranger Boat.

There will be a cash drawing prize for all paid contestants fishing Bill Luke Dodge Big Bass Days on Friday, March 28. The drawing will occur on the main stage at Pleasant Harbor, Lake Pleasant, on Friday, March 28 at approximately 5:30 p.m.

An additional cash drawing prize, for all paid contestants fishing Bill Luke Dodge Big Bass Days on Saturday or Sunday, March 29 or 30. The drawing will occur on the main stage at Pleasant Harbor on Sunday, March 30 at approximately 5:30 pm.

 Paid contestants fishing Bill Luke Dodge Big Bass Days on Saturday, March 29 will have one chance to win the pontoon boat to be given away on Sunday, March 30.

Paid contestants fishing Bill Luke Dodge Big Bass Days on Sunday, March 30 will have one chance to win the pontoon boat to be given away on Sunday, March 30.

As a bonus, all contestants paid to fish both Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30 will have two entries into Sunday’s drawing.

A contestant paid to fish all three days will receive one entry into Friday’s drawing and two entries into Sunday’s drawing.

If a paid participant catches the daily big fish, March 28, 29, and 30 and wins one of the $10,000 cash purses, the participant will not be eligible to win either of the cash drawing prizes.

Sponsors: KNIX, SRP, Bill Johnson’s, Budweiser, Ranger Boats, Mazatal Hotel and Casino, Pleasant Harbor, Southwest Boats, Holiday Motorhomes, TruWest Credit Union, Pleasant Harbor Marina, Polaris, Arizona Home Paint and Supply, Martin Marine, Mercury, KMLE Country, RideNow, Du Pont, Bill Luke Dodge, and the American Legion.