Boater Val Osinski of Pompano Beach, Fla., caught a five-bass limit weighing 24 pounds, 8 ounces Saturday to win $4,315 in the BFL Gator Division tournament on Lake Okeechobee.
Rounding out the top 10 boaters:
2nd: Mike Jones, Okeechobee, Fla., 5 bass, 22-4, $2,157
3rd: Don Demott, Boca Raton, Fla., 5 bass, 21-12, $1,439
4th: Roger Gonzalez, Miami, 5 bass, 21-7, $1,007
5th: Larry Wright, Okeechobee, Fla., 5 bass, 20-10, $863
6th: Steve Smith, Inverness, Fla., 5 bass, 20-0, $791
7th: Brandon McMillan, Belle Glade, Fla., 5 bass, 19-14, $719
8th: Juan Ruiz, West Palm Beach, Fla., 5 bass, 18-11, $647
9th: Justin Schwier, Okeechobee, Fla., 5 bass, 17-12, $575
10th: Wally Bell, Lake Alfred, Fla., 5 bass, 17-8, $503
Bivins winning co-angler
Kenneth Bivins of Orlando, Fla., caught a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 13 ounces Saturday to win $2,157 in the BFL Gator Co-angler Division on Lake Okeechobee.
Rounding out the top 10 co-anglers:
2nd: Cecil Hock, Valrico, Fla., 5 bass, 15-15, $1,079
3rd: Tyler Brinks, Fort Myers, Fla., 5 bass, 14-4, $717
4th: Donnie Van Dyke, Okeechobee, Fla., 5 bass, 14-1, $503
5th: Levi Brown, Plant City, Fla., 5 bass, 14-0, $431
6th: James Dyer, Lake Placid, Fla., 5 bass, 13-8, $378
6th: Kevin Guynn, Ocala, Fla., 5 bass, 13-8, $378
8th: Edward Scaturro, Orlando, Fla., 5 bass, 13-7, $306
8th: Mike Young, Clewiston, Fla., 5 bass, 13-7, $306
10th: Jared Dial, Winter Haven, Fla., 5 bass, 12-8, $252
Coming up
The next and last BFL Gator Division tournament of 2010 is scheduled for Sept. 11-12 at the Kissimmee River in Lake Wales, Fla. After this Super Tournament is complete, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 21-23 Regional Championship at Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Ga., where boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and a Chevy pick-up, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger 198VX.
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