COLUMBUS, Miss., March 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite his 30-plus years of tournament fishing, Jason Christie was delighted to admit he was wrong about the Mountain Dew Bassmaster Elite at Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
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