{"id":8479,"date":"2026-03-24T01:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=8479"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:12:21","slug":"photos-masters-walleye-circuit-kicks-off-2026-season-in-spring-valley-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/?p=8479","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Masters Walleye Circuit kicks off 2026 season in Spring Valley &#8211; Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"robot-feature-image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/shawmedia\/34QQ2NCIR5DC3GFXJNEAY4WT4I.jpg?w=860&#038;ssl=1\" \/><br \/>The Masters Walley Circuit began its 2026 season on Friday, March 20, at the Spring Valley Boat Club.  A total of 95 teams were registered for the tournament. The circuit has been running since 1984.  Anglers from across the country compete for a chance at winning over $86,000 of cash and prizes. Weigh-ins begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Spring Valley Boat Club during the two-day tournament. <br \/>Got a news tip? Email <a href=\"mailto:ntnewsroom@shawmedia.com\">ntnewsroom@shawmedia.com<\/a><br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2026 Shaw Local News Network<br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2026 Shaw Local News Network<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE9qemZYWjNBdzUxX3FucXo5eDgzaUJxLS1oZFFwSjlQNWI3amp2UHpPUXI3OHp5YXB6QkFUQ2dkT3hnQlplZVBJNnFadlc0Y3FzeG80LWl2Y2p2VDRPT3UxYzAzX3lZRVk?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Masters Walley Circuit began its 2026 season on Friday, March 20, at the Spring Valley Boat Club. A total of 95 teams were registered for the tournament. The circuit has been running since 1984. Anglers from across the country compete for a chance at winning over $86,000 of cash and prizes. Weigh-ins begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Spring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/princetonillinois.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}