Blue Ribbon Trout Slam

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Missouri’s Blue Ribbon Trout Areas provide excellent trout habitat that supports naturally reproducing trout. These trout are wary of predators and provide anglers with a challenging and authentic experience.

MDC and Trout Unlimited invite you to go out and test your skills against these trout in the riffles and pools of Missouri’s nine Blue Ribbon trout streams.

The Missouri Blue Ribbon Trout Slam honors anglers who can catch a trout in at least 5 of these 9 streams. Catch a trout in more than 5 Blue Ribbon streams and your level of achievement goes up. Participants who choose to, can have their successes listed on the MDC website.

Avoid trespassing

Do you have a legal right to use Missouri’s streams. The answer is yes … in some places and in some ways.

Find out more about trespassing while fishing.

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Here's How the Trout Slam Works:

Missouri’s Blue Ribbon Trout Slam has been divided into three levels of accomplishment.

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Bronze

  • Catch a trout from 5 of the 9 Blue Ribbon Trout Areas.
  • Award – certificate and bronze pin.
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Silver

  • Catch a trout from 7 of the 9 Blue Ribbon Trout Areas.
  • Award – certificate and silver pin.
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Gold

  • Catch a trout from all 9 Blue Ribbon Trout Areas.
  • Award – certificate, gold pin, and medallion.
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Trout of any size caught after January 1, 2020 will qualify for a Blue Ribbon Trout Slam, but trout under 18 inches must be released.

Safeguard landowner goodwill. Never trespass, and always ask permission before floating or wading through private property. Only enter streams at public accesses or with landowner permission.

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Bronze

  1. Tanner Abbott, New Bloomfield
  2. Jeffery Adams, Alton, Illinois
  3. Mark Bauman, Kansas City
  4. Christopher Beahm, Wildwood
  5. Amalia Becker, Deforest, Wisconsin
  6. Paul Bernsen, St. Louis
  7. Jeremiah Bertels, Lake Saint Louis
  8. Andrew Black, St. Louis
  9. Bryan Blackford, Dardenne Prairie
  10. Nathaniel Borst, Parkville
  11. Everett Bosch, Bonne Terre
  12. Robert Bosch, Bonne Terre
  13. Randall Byrum, Rogers, Arkansas
  14. Jacob Canfield, Republic
  15. Austin Cira, Mission, Kansas
  16. Spencer Coe, Bend, Oregon
  17. Garner Cummins, Webb City
  18. Samuel Delanty, Camdenton
  19. Patrick Dickinson, Linn
  20. Rob Dixon, Columbia
  21. Rudy Dodorico, Florissant
  22. Deiter Duff, Ozark
  23. Brian Easley, Mexico
  24. Paul Ericson, Shawnee, Kansas
  25. Michael Farless, Kansas City
  26. Robert Farnam, Jefferson City
  27. Austin Ferraiuolo, Independence
  28. Jeff Flaugher, Holts Summit
  29. Brian Flowers, Columbia
  30. Alex Gardner, Maryville
  31. Charles Giambrone, Kevil, Kentucky
  32. Anthony Groff, Olathe, Kansas
  33. Marcus Gumm, Marshfield
  34. Cameron Gonzales, Springfield
  35. Rik Hafer, Kirkwood
  36. John Hancock, O'Fallon
  37. Frank Hellen, Wentzville
  38. Clayton Henderson, Catawissa
  39. Nolan Hensley, Iberia
  40. Taylor Herron, Kansas City
  41. Andy Hill, Columbia
  42. Brady Hill, Fenton
  43. Wyatt Hill, Fenton
  44. Tony Hinson, St. Clair
  45. Thomas Homeier, St. Louis
  46. Beth Holler, St. Robert
  47. Aaron Horner, St. Louis
  48. Justin Huensch, Ballwin
  49. Jacob Jeffcott, Joplin
  50. Jared Johnson, Saint Robert
  51. Tyler Kasmann, Washington
  52. Benjamin Kempton, Sedalia
  53. Colten Kenady, Buffalo
  54. Chris King, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
  55. Mike Kirksey, Highland, Illinois
  56. Elizabeth Lambird, East Lynne
  57. Trevor Love, Springfield
  58. Mark Lucas, Bonne Terre
  59. Harold Lutz, Rolla
  60. Brock MacGregor, Fort Leonard Wood 
  61. Benjamin Martin, St. Louis
  62. Paul McCaslin, Fenton
  63. Monroe Mills, Hartsburg
  64. James Moffet, West Fargo, North Dakota
  65. Ben Moore, Columbia
  66. Christopher Morman, Myrtle, Mississippi
  67. Timothy Morris, Springfield
  68. Mark Nettles, Chesterfield
  69. Jerry Newport, Pittsburg, Kansas
  70. Jaylin Onnen, Springfield
  71. Jim Owens, House Springs
  72. Jaydon Payment, O'Fallon
  73. Frank Petraglia, St. Louis
  74. Michael Petres, Maplewood
  75. Boot Pierce, Sullivan
  76. Dustin Portell, St. Louis
  77. Daryl Reed, Lees Summit
  78. Greg Richardson, Pacific
  79. Cooper Rodman, Springfield
  80. Mark Rose, Springfield, Illinois
  81. Andrew Roussin, St. Louis
  82. Ryan Ruprecht, Columbia
  83. Paul Schamel, Kirkwood
  84. Vance Schneider, Kansas City
  85. Tara Schnelting, Gerald
  86. Vincent Schroeder, East Lynne
  87. Sarah Schulte, Columbia
  88. Timothy Schwent, Jackson
  89. Andrew Senters, St. Louis
  90. James Shepard, Highland, Illinois
  91. James Spencer, Pleasant Hill
  92. Marc Stichling, High Ridge
  93. Matthew Stockert, Alton, Illinois
  94. Taylor Stumpf, Columbia, Illinois
  95. Darin Tarrants, Auxvasse
  96. Ryan Tarrants, Boonville
  97. Samuel Troyer, Warsaw
  98. Nicholas Trusso, Columbia
  99. Clark Tucker, Saltillo, Mississippi
  100. Dylan Vermeire, Lake Saint Louis
  101. Nicholas Walsh, Apo, AE
  102. Sean Walter, Moscow Mills
  103. Emiley Weese, Imperial
  104. John Weghorst, Holts Summit
  105. Joe Weiss, Irondale
  106. Garrett Whitman, Springfield
  107. Michael Williams, Joplin
  108. Rick Wright, Smithville
  109. Mark Zettler, St. Charles
  110. Anthony Zuber, St. Robert
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Silver

  1. Zach Althaus, St. Louis
  2. Joseph Alvarez, Rolla
  3. Jim Betta, Linn Creek
  4. Jesse Boucher, St. Charles
  5. Miller Bowles, St. Louis
  6. Ben Burris, Rolla
  7. Matthew Buser, Kansas City
  8. Seth Calkins, Warrensburg
  9. Dustin Cantrell, Springfield
  10. Randy Christo, St. Charles
  11. Jason Cummins, Webb City
  12. Jim Davis, O'Fallon
  13. Steve Dixon, Jackson
  14. Greg Edster, Joplin
  15. Jeanne Edster, Joplin
  16. Laura Elton, Wildwood
  17. Tom Exline, Arnold
  18. Jorden Flieg, Ste. Genevieve
  19. Brad Foster, Belton
  20. Michael Frieden, Rolla
  21. Michael Garbs, Dardenne Prairie
  22. Andrew Glickert, Chesterfield
  23. Dave Haislar, Columbia, Illinois
  24. Hunter Harrell, Springfield
  25. Lucas Hassemer, Columbia
  26. Kyle Hix, Rolla
  27. Rick Hoenes, Palmyra
  28. John Holler, Saint Robert
  29. Gregg Holmes, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  30. Jonathon Huensch, Wildwood
  31. Benjamin Lampe, Rolla
  32. Charley Linneman, Ellisville
  33. Mike Losse, Kirkwood
  34. Nicholas Matthews, Nixa
  35. Sean McCombs, Kansas City
  36. Ahren Muehleisen, Ballwin
  37. Darrell Nelson, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  38. Steve Parsons, Lakeview, Arkansas
  39. Kirk Pickett, Ashland
  40. Josh Pridmore, Collinsville, Oklahoma
  41. Paul Posey, Lebanon
  42. Mario Pukl, Fairview, Tennessee
  43. James Randolph, Kansas City
  44. Brian Rexroad, Mascoutah, Illinois
  45. Brandon Roach, Lee's Summit
  46. Jonathon Roberts, Kansas City
  47. David Rodecap, St. Peters
  48. Michael Schelp, Gladstone
  49. Stetson Schwien, Mountain View
  50. Ethan Smith, Columbia
  51. James Smith, Washington
  52. Trevor Southards, Moscow Mills
  53. Brian Spangler, Wildwood
  54. Seanmichael Stanley, Columbia
  55. Nathan Steinkamp, Fenton
  56. Garry Teeple, Fulton
  57. Spencer Thomas, Grandview
  58. Erica Turner, Springfield
  59. Alex Unnerstall, St. Louis
  60. Brandon Watson, West Plains
  61. Matt Weber, Washington
  62. William Whenham, Holden
  63. JD Williams, St. James
  64. Jeff Williams, Overland Park, Kansas
  65. Tyler Yazdi, Chesterfield
  66. Micah Young, Springfield
  67. Bailey Zack, Saint Clair
  68. Robert Zylstra, New Bloomfield
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Gold (* Also achieved gold in another slam program.)

  1. Seth Ames, Bentonville, Arkansas
  2. Darrell Atteberry, Bel Aire, Kansas
  3. Debbie Backes, Linn
  4. Jerry Backes, Linn
  5. Sean Ball, Springfield
  6. Daniel Bauman, Kansas City
  7. Dave Beale, Augusta
  8. Jason Bell, St. Clair
  9. Brogun Betta, Linn Creek
  10. Markus Bigbee, Olathe, Kansas
  11. Will Black, Wildwood
  12. Brady Blisard, Cassville
  13. James Bolin, Joplin
  14. Joshua Bowen, Newburg
  15. Byron Bradley, Kirkwood
  16. Ben Breese, Madison, Wisconsin
  17. Noah Brocato, Labadie
  18. John Bush, Springfield
  19. Michael Cain, St. Louis
  20. Kevin Carril, Overland Park, Kansas
  21. Zach Caselman, Battlefield
  22. Kyler Castillo, Branson
  23. Phil Charleville, Festus
  24. *Ronald Cobb, St. Louis
  25. Nathanael Coffman, St. James
  26. *Michael Collins, Jefferson City
  27. Joshua Conyers, St. Robert
  28. David Cooper, Little Rock, Arkansas
  29. Brendan Corazzin, Lee's Summit
  30. Aaron Cornman, Hillsboro
  31. Leigh Ann Cornman, Hillsboro
  32. Cameron Courtwright, Warrensburg
  33. Kevin Courtwright, Warrensburg
  34. Trenton Courtwright, Warrenton
  35. *Michael Cravens, Tempe, Arizona
  36. Darrell Cureton, Farmington
  37. Marc Davenport, Owensville
  38. Nicholas Davidson, Manchester
  39. Zachary DeBord, Columbia
  40. *Cody Diehl, Kirkwood
  41. Zachary Everett, Manhattan, Kansas
  42. Paul Eggeman, Columbia
  43. Paul Espinoza, Wentzville
  44. Travis Gabel, Columbia
  45. Gregory Gaia, St. Charles
  46. James Gamache, Rolla
  47. Rebecca Garrison, Branson
  48. Seth Garrison, Branson
  49. James Georgen, O'Fallon
  50. Jason Goring, Bates City
  51. Chad Gross, Rolla
  52. *Adam Guerich, Desloge
  53. Linda Haislar, Columbia, Illinois
  54. Ian Hardcastle, St. Louis
  55. Robert Hassenpflug, Liberty
  56. Michael Hatcher, Rockaway Beach
  57. Jeff Hedger, Goodman
  58. *Ed Heist, Alto Pass, IL
  59. Joshua Hensley, Iberia
  60. Hans Herfel, Fitchburg, Wisconsin
  61. Tyrone Herfel, Greeley, Colorado
  62. Kelly Hinson, Saint Clair
  63. Tony Hinson, Saint Clair
  64. Donald Hoeft Jr., Warrenton
  65. Craig Holke, Ladue
  66. Thomas Huber, Shawnee, Kansas
  67. Austin Hurst, Ash Grove
  68. Kevin Irish, University City
  69. Tom Irish, University City
  70. *Jeff Johnson, Republic
  71. Darla Ketcherside, Hillsboro
  72. John Ketcherside, Hillsboro
  73. Mike Kidd, High Ridge
  74. Andrew King, Kearney
  75. Todd King, Newburg
  76. Rick Knipe, Centerville, Texas
  77. Michael Kohl, Maryland Heights
  78. Frederick Kossman, St. Louis
  79. Michael Kossman, Imperial
  80. Michael Kromrey, Springfield
  81. Mike Kruse, Columbia
  82. Tom Lagermann, St. Louis
  83. Jamie Lamkin, Poplar Bluff
  84. Michael Lamphere, Battlefield
  85. Marc Lewis, Ozark
  86. Ike Lightner, Fordland
  87. Jack Losse, Kirkwood
  88. Jordan Louderbaugh, Republic
  89. Mario Lozina, Fenton
  90. Jason Ludlum, Fort Leonard Wood
  91. *Joseph Lynch, Harrah, Oklahoma
  92. Eric Magoon, Waynesville
  93. Shayne Manetzke, Eureka
  94. John Maxwell, Macedonia, IL
  95. Billy McCaslin, Fenton
  96. Michael McColl, House Springs
  97. *Vince McColl, House Springs
  98. Shannon McGuire, Kearney
  99. Anne McLaughlin, St. Louis
  100. Harold Meyr, Cape Girardeau
  101. James Meng, Columbia
  102. Amanda Miller, Bois D'Arc
  103. Chris Miller, Springfield
  104. Luke Mirly, Jackson
  105. Justin Murphy, Harrisburg
  106. Robert Nelson, St. Louis
  107. Austin Nieman, Columbia, Illinois
  108. Patrick Olson, St. Louis
  109. Ben Ortbals-Steinkamp, Hillsboro
  110. Charles Pancoast, Cape Girardeau
  111. Jeremy Patterson, Kansas City
  112. James Placht, Grubville
  113. *Nick Polanowski, Sullivan
  114. Sam Potter, Rolla
  115. Adam Prier, Golden
  116. Jeff Rainwater, St. Peters
  117. Steven Records, Ozark
  118. Anthony Reichard, St. James
  119. Michael Reitz, St. Louis
  120. Gina Richardson, Bethalto, Illinois
  121. Tom Richardson, Bethalto, Illinois
  122. Jonathan Rinehart, Arnold
  123. Preston Robertson, Branson
  124. Scott Rodeman, O'Fallon
  125. Drew Ross, Crossett, Arkansas
  126. Jason Rudolph, St. Peters
  127. Derek Schlotzhauer, Harrisonville
  128. Tim Schuepbach, De Soto
  129. James Schumer, Columbia
  130. *Devan Scroggins, Cassville
  131. Christopher Selle, Kansas City
  132. Jared Sharpe, Viburnum
  133. Robert Sights, Ottawa, KS
  134. Fred Simmens, Jamestown
  135. Kayla Small, Bertrand
  136. Rylyn Small, Bertrand
  137. Michael Smallwood, St. James
  138. Kyle Smarko, St. Louis
  139. Mike Spangler, Wildwood
  140. Steven Spangler, Pacific
  141. Doug Spurgeon, Taylorville, Illinois
  142. Doug Steinhoff, Columbia
  143. Kyle Swenson, St. Louis
  144. Glyn Tabor, Nineveh, Indiana
  145. Ron Terry, Nevada
  146. Samuel Vanfossan, Excelsior Springs
  147. Robert Viehman, Steelville
  148. Dennis Voss, Union
  149. Larrin Wada, Olathe, KS
  150. Ron Ward, Branson
  151. Cody Ware, Cherryville
  152. Brad Willis, Columbia
  153. Eric Willis, Webster Groves
  154. Mathew Wortmann, O'Fallon
  155. Mark Zettler, St. Charles
  156. Gordon Zingery, Farmers Branch, Texas
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