GORE BAY—October 8 brought an end to the 10th annual Jim Rayner Memorial Bass Fishing competition.
Jim Rayner was a well-liked, well-known area sportsman who highly valued family and friends, and a long-time community contributor in Gore Bay.
Terri Noland (one of Mr. Rayner’s daughters and the winner of last year’s event) presented the winning trophy to the 2023 winner, Larry Armes.
The trophy features Jim Rayner’s ‘Bass Fishing’ belt buckle but is otherwise made from all natural materials. Then each year the winner’s name is recorded, the year and the largest bass caught that year on a fishing lure which is then attached to the pine root piece on top of the trophy.
