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Larry is an avid bass fisherman and is a regular tournament angler on several Missouri lakes including Smithville Lake, Truman Lake, Pomme de Terre Lake, and the Lake of the Ozarks.
Larry was accepted by Daiwa to be a member of their Pro Staff. Look for Larry at special events at Bass Pro and Cabela's with Team Daiwa.
Larry recently received an award from StartupNation, he is the #1 ranked new small business in the "Boomers Back in Business" category. Check out these links to learn more.
Larry's guide website was also featured in article published by David Pogue in the New York Times, click on this link to read more.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/technology/14pogue.html?pagewanted=1&8dpc&_r=1
Larry also enjoys chasing musky, and the pursuit of this toothy critter has taken him to Ontario Canada, Minnesota, and of course Pomme de Terre in his home state of Missouri. Recently Larry was accepted to be a sponsor for Young's Wilderness Camp in Ontario, Canada. Larry and his family have been fishing for musky from Young's since 1998 and will help Perry and Carol Annuik promote the Young's camp by attending sports and trade shows in the U.S.
Larry has also teamed up with Kjelle Lundberg and is the sole U.S. distributor of the Stalker musky bait from Kjelle Lundberg Custom Musky Baits. Check out www.lundbergcustombaits.com to learn more about Kjelle's hand made lures.
Larry recently "un-retired" and is back in the corporate world at DST Systems. His guide and lure business are continuing on, but the amount of time that Larry will spend on the water in 2009 is way down. Larry told me "I think I spent a part of 150 on the water in 2008. This WORK thing is really goin gto cut into my fishing time!" The following was cut/paste from Larry's website, www.murphyoutdoors.com.
I started fishing over 40 years ago! I am blessed with a family that loved the outdoors and consequently summer family vacations were always centered around fishing. My earliest memory of fishing is at Bennett Springs State Park. My brother and I were way too young to have a trout tag, but my dad gave us a fly rod to use and told us to go fishing. He didn't give us any flies to use because he thought we were too young to handle hooks, so I would tie small rocks to the end of the leader and would pretend to fish. In addition to clunking myself on the back of the head with the rock, I actually landed fish with my home-made and no-hook lure. I remember my grandfather saying "well, I suppose he can't hurt himself much worse with a hook than the rock he's using", so they let me and my brother start trout fishing.
In the early years the only fishing I did was with a fly rod. We fished several of the Missouri trout parks, local neighborhood lakes, and of course farm ponds. We caught tons of bluegill and bass those days, and had a ton of fun doing it. In the late 60's my dad bought a small 12' fishing boat from Sears, a fiberglass Gamefisher, so we started fishing larger lakes in our area. A few years later he purchased our first bass boat, a 1974 Rebel. It had a 65 HP outboard, trolling motor, console, pedestal seats, and now we thought we were "hot"! With the upgrade to the Rebel we started fishing Corps of Engineers lakes like Stockton, Pomme de Terre, the Lake of the Ozarks, and Rathbun Lake in Iowa. We also put away the fly rods and started fishing for black bass, crappie, and white bass.
Since those early years my love for fishing has continued to grow. For the past 20 years I have been an avid bass fisherman and fish from 10 to 15 tournaments annually. These tournaments take me all over the state, but I have the greatest success on Smithville, Truman, the Lake of the Ozarks, and Pomme de Terre. I love to compete, but I especially love to learn from other anglers. If I'm not bass fishing I'll usually be found chasing musky, or fishing for white bass and crappie on one of the many Corps of Engineers empoundments in Missouri.
While I love to fish and spend time on the water, my passion is teaching people what I've learned and helping them to succeed! I have helped so many family members and friends get into fishing, and I would like to help you as well.
If I were you and I was reading this I'd be wondering "why should I pay THIS guy to take ME fishing? I've thought about this long and hard, and I think I have the answer....because I can teach you something. It's just that simple! If you're on the lake a couple times a week, or you fish tournaments regularly, then you probably don't need a guide. However, if you're just getting started or are new to these lakes, then why not shorten your learning curve? In the end a trip with me will actually save you time and money, and will make future fishing trips more productive and enjoyable.
While I love to fish for largemouth bass, I've really gotten into musky fishing and guiding people on musky. My family and I have been fishing the Lake of the Woods every year for musky since 1998 at Young's Wilderness Camp in Ontario. In addition, I've fished for musky in Minnesota and on Pomme de Terre in Missouri. I had the opportunity to guide a great group of guys from Sweden and Germany on the Lake of the Woods this year and it was a great trip! Also, I've had great success on muskies at Pomme and am getting a lot of interest and guide trips booked for that lake as well.
People that know me will tell you that I'm an open, honest, and easy going guy (at least I hope they say that). If you'd like to contact me with questions, feel free to email me at lmurphy@murphyoutdoors.com or lmurphy8@kc.rr.com . You can also call my cell phone at 816-863-6079.
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I do a lot of fishing for many species including musky, pike, bass, and trout....
- Lake of the Ozarks (3/20/2010)
This was my first fishing trip of the 2010 season. I pre-fished on Friday the 19th at LOZ, and then I fished day 1 of a 2-day Central States Club tournament on Saturday the 20th.... - Lake of the Ozarks (3/17/2009)
After a long winter, it was great to be back on the water. My first trip of 2009 was at the Lake of the Ozarks with my good friend and Bass Pro Staffer Aaron Olsen.... - Smithville (7/25/2008)
I guided 3 guys on July the 25th at Smithville, Ben Stark and his sons Graham and Neal.... - Smithville (7/23/2008)
I fished Smithville this morning for crappie for a couple of hours. I caught plenty of short crappie on the main lake brush piles, but only a few keepers.... - Smithville (7/14/2008)
I'm back from over 2 weeks in Canada chasing musky! It's good to be home and get back to regular fishing and my fishing reports.... - Truman Lake (6/6/2008)
Fished by myself on Friday, 6/6, and with my son on Saturday, 6/7, at Truman on the lower Grand arm of the lake.... - Lake of the Ozarks (5/24/2008)
Guided a group of guys on LOZ for 2 1/2 days (5/19 through 5/21). The bass have just started to move shallow and are on laydowns or flooded bushes in the backs of the creeks.... - Smithville (5/24/2008)
I guided a good friend of mine on bass on 5/23, and the bass bite at Smithville has just started! The bass are super shallow on laydowns in the back of creeks out of the wind.... - Smithville (5/12/2008)
I guided Clint and Susan Simmons for crappie on Smithville Lake today. Fishing started slow, but picked up in the late morning.... - Lake of the Ozarks (4/11/2008)
I fished Friday the 11th for crappie with my dad. We were right below Truman Lake in the slack water that runs parallel to the exit of Truman.... - Lake of the Ozarks (3/17/2008)
Everything you've been reading about LOZ bass fishing is true, the fishing is tough! I fished the weekend of March 8th and 9th and didn't do very well.... - Taneycomo (3/6/2008)
OK....I couldn't wait any longer, it was time to go fishing! My dad and I decided to head south to fish in warmer weather, so we went trout fishing on Taneycomo.... - Taneycomo (10/29/2007)
Spent 2 days fishing on Taneycomo with a buddy from work (OK, ex-work buddy, I'm retired). Launched my bass boat on the public ramp at Cooper Creek and headed up stream.... - Smithville (10/19/2007)
Guided 2 great guys from Omaha on October 19th, Jim Heitz and his grandson Corbin.... - Smithville (10/3/2007)
The white bass are really hitting at Smithville. My dad and I were on the lake for about 1 1/2 hours and we caught between 25 and 30 white bass, along with some crappie and keeper black bass.... - Pomme De Terre (9/17/2007)
Finally got out musky fishing again today, guided 2 guys from KC on Pomme de Terre lake.... - Trout Management parks in Missouri (9/10/2007)
Hammered the trout at Bennett Springs on sinking and floating lines all day Saturday and Sunday (9/8 and 9/9). Caught 3 over 2 pounds and 1 over 5, released the big one.... - Smithville (8/13/2007)
OK, it's hot and fishing is tough! Got on a decent bass bite by fishing the milfoil in the Camp Branch arm (is clearer there) working the deep sides of the grass with jigs and plastic.... - Smithville (8/1/2007)
Caught fish on main lake points near grass and wood on carolina rigged brush hogs. The early bite on top water stunk, but the late morning and early afternoon bite was good.... - Pomme De Terre (7/22/2007)
Spent the day at Pomme and the white bass are going crazy! The wind was blowing, the sky was overcast, and big schools of shad were working on main lake points.... - Smithville (7/18/2007)
Had a great morning of fishing this morning on Smithville. Boated 3 keepers, lost 2 at the boat, and caught 6 short bass....
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