Chief Grey Bear

I have a soft spot for our prairies and all that call them home. Especially the Prairie Chicken. And this is one area where I am at odds with the MDC and their managment practices of some of the state owned prairies. But this is an enjoyable and informitive film non the less from over 40 years ago.

Here is Corndawg a few years ago with his first walleye. It was mid-summer and we were floating a trib of Stockton Lake. These must have been some true river walleye as we about 15 river miles or so from the lake and it was not anywhere near spawing time. We ended up catching 3 or 4 this day spread over the trib.

While fishing a creek in the 4-state area, this little fellow asked to have his pic taken. Isn't that just the cutiest smile you have ever seen???

Ha!

Well, not sure how much or what kind of fishing you were doing but you must have had the right bait.

Ahh crap. The link isn't working. I had to Copy and Paste. Larry Dablemont (born Larry Fitzgerald Dablemont September 22, 1961 in Bolivar, Missouri, U.S.) is a famous author, journalist, cobbler, Civil War reenactor, referee, fisherman, hunter, and amateur dollhouse maker. One of the Midwest’s most unconventional figures, Dablemont is regionally famous, not only as an author, but as a controversial syndicated columnist. Among his many claims to fame as a journalist, Dablemont interviewed OJ Simpson and has bragged in several columns about beating Ted Nugent in a footrace during a hunting expedition in Jackson Hole, WY. Dablemont was the last referee to ever throw Bobby Knight out of a basketball game, leading Knight to throw a chair. Later Knight commented, "Dabs is one tough ****, but God if I don’t respect him." Dablemont is a notoriously peculiar figure who, among other eccentricities is known to wear an unnecessary eye patch, rarely wears socks, and claims to have wore the same pair of jeans for 19 months consecutively. Biography Larry Dablemont is the subject of University of Arkansas-Fayetteville professor William Thompson’s monograph The Making of Midwestern Myth. According to Thompson, Larry Dablemont was born in Bolivar, Mo and attended homeschool for much of his early life. In Dablemont’s book, Ain't No Such Animal, he says about his childhood, “I didn’t have real schoolin’. Like my memaw used to say I live in a shack and I poop in an outhouse” [1]. Despite his lack of formal education, Larry Dablemont established himself as a professional Civil War reenactor at the age of 16, before studying to become a referee. According to his first autobiography, Memories from a Misty Morning, at age 17, Dablemont spent a summer with his father, who he identifies as Locke, learning “the lay of the land, you know? He taught to hunt, fish, swear, drink a beer, and be a man” [2]. However, Dablemont’s father was arrested for soliciting a prostitute in a Detroit truckstop. In a poem included in his second autobiography, Ain't No Such Animal, Dablemont writes “Daddy was a tranny”[3]. Dablemont never attended journalism school, but began writing a local column in the Knob Noster Item from 1983-1986. In his final column, Dablemont was fired for making a pun on the newspaper’s title. In 1987, he began to write for theHannibal Courier-Post in Novelty, Missouri. In 1989, his column became syndicated throughout several Midwestern newspapers after he made claims such as coining famous phrases, challenging actor Jerry Van Dyke to a fist fight, as well as his hunting anecdotes with famous rocker/hunter, Ted Nugent. Dablemont continues to referee, engage in Civil War reenactments, and often writes about being a cobbler. In 2004, he claims to have divorced then wife Tonya Harding because she wouldn’t wear wooden shoes[4]. Dablemont has maintained his regional celebrity status as an iconclast. He currently resides in Bolivar, Missouri. His work has recently garnered the critical interest of the scholarly community. He continues to publish as an author and syndicated columnist and is development for a screenplay loosely based on his life. Among other things, Dablemont’s life and writing have been compared to Mark Twain. He has been the subject of an ESPN biographical profile[5]. British Sketch Comedy show, The Mighty Boosh, based a character, Old Gregg, on Larry Dablemont. One of Larry Dablemont's longtime friends, singer/songerwriter Mickey Gilley, often refers to Dablemont as one of his artist inspirations. Controversy Dablemont has been surrounded in controversy due to his notoriously bizarre and often outrageous claims that he makes in his syndicated opinion column. It is speculated that there are as many stories about Larry Dablemont as there are stalks of corn on Old Man Witchert’s farm, that’s 29. Larry Dablemont first became famous as a journalist when he claimed to have coined the phrase “nobody puts baby in the corner” in his June 2nd, 1989 column, two years after the release of Dirty Dancing causing a lot of controversy. Dablemont is an experienced fisherman whose column once suggested that the best bait was a child’s toe. He once suggested that he’s over 1200 years old. In the April 28th, 1999 column, Larry Dablemont claimed he had recently taught himself to “read Braille with his toes,” he repeated this claim in his 2nd autobiography, Aint No Such Animal. He once claimed to ride a moped across the bottom of Lake Stockton. Jim Cunnihngham, a semiprofessional fisherman and Bolivar resident, once claimed that Larry Dablemont dances on the waves and lures you with his hips and his lips. Image:Funk.jpg Larry Dablemont (left) holding "The Funk" on Black Lake with his son Bosephus (right). Cunningham also claimed in the now defunct Fish & Shoot magazine that Larry Dablemont pierced his own nipples with a fish hook to win a bet[6]. In a press promotion for Dablemont’s third book, Memories from a Misty Morning, Neil Sedaka, the general editor for Lightnin Ridge Publications, quipped that even the moon is scared of Larry Dablemont in his introduction of Dablemont. At the 2007 Missouri Press Association annual awards, presenter Matt Janson, commented “Some say that he used to drum for the Kaiser Chiefs, others say he didn’t…in fact everyone says he didn’t…expect for me.” In his February 27th, 2001 column he bragged that he had once “farted so loud, even the fish heard it,” later adding that he wasn’t near a body of water at the time. Another one of Dablemont’s outrageous claims came in July 7,th 2006[7]. when he claimed that after spending the July 4th holiday on a “party boat” he discovered a rare living creature, which he named "The Funk", on the bottom of Black Lake. Politics Dablemont’s foray into politics has been largely unsuccessful. In a 2004 write-in campaign for county commissioner, Dablemont only received three votes. In 2006, Dablemont officially registered as an independent for state representative in Missouri, but never made the ballot. Dablemont has remained a controversial political figure due to his outrageous claims, credibility issues, and a scattered criminal record. In a February 2nd blog entry posted briefly on his website, Dablemont hinted at another run for representative saying “those jagoffs in Jeff City [sic] want you to focus on my criminal record, not my economic reform plan.” Five days later, in his column, Dablemont hinted at another run for representative saying “Its time to show the state how we do it in Bear Creek.”[8] Criminal Record Although his first autobiography, Memories from a Misty Morning, makes several criminal claims the only two known arrests are the well publicized public intoxication arrest and as well as an earlier arrest for shoplifting and public indecency. Although nothing is known about his shoplifting arrest, on May 25th, 1992, in Branson, Missouri, an intoxicated Larry Dablemont climbed onstage at the Bald Knobbers Jamboree. He knocked down comedian Joey Riley, grabbed the microphone and proceeded to tell several crude stories, including an anecdote about having sex on a horse. Bibliography Ain't No Such Animal (2006) - Larry Dablemont’s second autobiography in which he claims to have discovered several exotic species of animals such as the funk. It also contains details of his marriage to Tonya Harding. Kill It & Grill It (2002) - Coauthored with Ted Nugent, a cookbook for men. The Front Bench Regulars (1999) - contains the story of the 1996 Bolivar High School football team, which included Rob Ross and Justin Ballard. Memories From a Misty Morning (1999) - Larry Dablemont’s first autobiography, many of the stories have been widely discredited. Dogs, Ducks, & Hat-Rack Bucks (1999) - Dablemont’s second book of hunting tales, garnered plenty of critical attention for outrageous and fairly racist stories. The Greatest Wild Gobblers (1998) - A collection of hunting stories, also includes some of Dablemont’s artwork.

http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=Larry_Dablemont_(deleted_23_Mar_2008_at_15:53) This is hilarious. But LD didn't think so. He can write all kinds of BS about the MDC and he thinks he is brilliant for doing so. But when someone returns the favor....well that ain't funny.

Oh man! I have to get in on some of this! This is a great thread! While guiding one weekend in Arkansas a few years ago, I caught my personal best in a trib of the Arkansas river. Actually caught it on a fly. We were hunting some trout and I was tossing my famous #36 Pecker Gnat tied with Musk Ox testical hair. The client I was guiding that day also caught his personal best. How cool is that!! I make it a rule to never post client pics or reports but I am making an exception this time. He still makes it down here for some fishing occasionally and we always work this day into our converstion before he heads back home.

Skewed??? Of course I have to disagree. Do I stand up for the MDC? You bet. Especially when the rant contains a high level of BS. Or even a low level. And that is not to say I agree with everything they do. I do have issues with them in some areas. Its no secret Douchemont has a vendetta against the MDC. But lets at least keep it real. His rants have done him more harm than good. He doesn't have near the audience he once had. I love his books. I have a bunch of them. But his column, it wouldn't make decent toilet paper.

Nice work mic. Don't wait on spring though. Its here!

I love the MDC and my rants against a lunatic are proof. I love it! And just what brought all of this about???

I'll take you up on that. Did you do much pit fishing in the Nevada area??? I used to hit some west of Rich Hill and of course all over Barton County. There were some near Panama that I wanted to fish but never did.

If you are a smallmouth. Those that Mitch caught won't taste very good at all. But I would try a half dozen if he sent them to me.

Pressey didn't kill Mizzou, those boys dressed in black and white did. When the comontators count how many fouls the pigs commit before the whistle is finally blown, you have a problem. I think the Tigers were called one time because some sweat dripped on the floor.

Yes we have to label and date all wildlife.

    That is correct according to the Code book. 3 CSR 10-4.136 Giving Away Wildlife Wildlife legally taken and possessed may be given to another only by the taker after completion of the day's fishing or hunt. Any wildlife given to another shall contiune to be included in the daily limit of the taker for the day when taken. Wildlife, except deer and turkeys taken in Missouri, shall be labeled with the full name address and permit number of the taker, species and the day when taken. Deer and turkeys taken in Missouri shall be labeled with the full name and address of the taker, date taken, and the Telecheck confirmation number of deer or turkey. Wildlife recieved as a gift shall be included in the possession limit of the recipient.

I read this last year and understand what Jim is saying, but it still doesn't seem right to me. But it is also the way we have always done it too. According to the Wildlife Code the definition of Possessed and Possession is: The actual and constructive possession and control of things referred to in this Code. So if you have 60 in your freezer and you have 30 more in your livewell, it would appear to me, according to the definition you have 90 in your possesion.

A short series of Grandpa's and Grandson's

Sure I could help you some day. May bring mine too. So let me ask, and you may have already said. Are you knew to the area or just the forum???

A friend of mine that lives near Truman called a couple of weeks ago and was catching catfisonion 10' of water in the backs of coves. I thought that was really early.

Who said free?? Being on the water with me is the therapy and well worth the price of admission.

I offer therapy treatments if you are so inclined.

The next will be about frogs. If you have ever wondered which one you are hearing, the one I post tomorrow will help.

No snack trucks but lots of chicken trucks. Have caught a few Shadow's there. I don't fish for them much in this water but I hit them hard in the tribs. At the begining of this float, we were in a trib and hit a hole that we caught and released 75-80 shadow's in about 20 - 30 minutes. Every one in the 9-10 inch range.