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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Joshua Diehl has always loved fishing, but tournament fishing was never something he thought he could do until about two years ago. Diehl says, “my first event was a train wreck. I told myself after that event that there were some things I could fix, some things I could do different, but I enjoyed myself so I decided to try it again”.
The Grovetown man went on to win his next club tournament, the one after that, and a handful of other tournaments out of his bass boat and kayak. Bassmaster, an elite bass fishing tournament circuit, started a kayak series in 2020 and Josh entered their first tournament in Pell City, Alabama. Diehl added, “240 plus anglers showed up and I finished 29th. At that point in time on a national stage in one of the hardest events I have ever fished in my life, I was like I can do this”.
After putting in countless hours of practice, map studying, and traveling, Josh got his first B.A.S.S. Nation Kayak Series win last…
