{"id":299167,"date":"2026-05-27T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=299167"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:08:43","slug":"register-today-for-the-dakota-anglers-walleye-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=299167","title":{"rendered":"Register Today for the Dakota Anglers Walleye Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dakotanglers.com\/tournaments-and-outings\/walleyenorthern-tournament\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"637\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jt-dakotaanglerswalleye2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-299168\" style=\"width:367px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jt-dakotaanglerswalleye2026.jpg 500w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jt-dakotaanglerswalleye2026-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/jt-dakotaanglerswalleye2026-137x175.jpg 137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anglers are gearing up for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dakotanglers.com\/tournaments-and-outings\/walleyenorthern-tournament\">49th Annual Dakota Anglers Walleye Tournament<\/a><\/strong>, a longtime regional fishing tradition being held June 6-7 on the Pipestem Reservoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1977, the tournament has brought fishing enthusiasts together each year for competitive action, camaraderie, and prizes. The event is a two-day catch-and-release tournament featuring a live weigh-in format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tournament officials announced that beginning in 2022, the competition shifted to a walleye-only format. Teams are now allowed to weigh five walleyes, with final standings determined by total walleye weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament features two-person teams and payouts through 20th place based on a full 76-team field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional prizes include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cash prizes for heaviest walleye each day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cash prizes for heaviest pike each day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highest placing couple award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most improved team award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bonus prizes for heaviest perch, crappie, and smallmouth bass each day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Numerous door prizes and raffle opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anglers are gearing up for the 49th Annual Dakota Anglers Walleye Tournament, a longtime regional fishing tradition being held June 6-7 on the Pipestem Reservoir. Since 1977, the tournament has brought fishing enthusiasts together each year for competitive action, camaraderie, and prizes. The event is a two-day catch-and-release tournament featuring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":203409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csicelebrations","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=299167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299170,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299167\/revisions\/299170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/203409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=299167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=299167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=299167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}