Blue Ribbon Trout Slam

Blue ribbon trout slam badges and pins

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.

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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.

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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Achievers

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. Robert Farnam, Jefferson City
  26. Austin Ferraiuolo, Independence
  27. Jeff Flaugher, Holts Summit
  28. Jorden Flieg, Ste. Genevieve
  29. Brian Flowers, Columbia
  30. Alex Gardner, Maryville
  31. Anthony Groff, Olathe, Kansas
  32. Marcus Gumm, Marshfield
  33. Cameron Gonzales, Springfield
  34. Rik Hafer, Kirkwood
  35. John Hancock, O'Fallon
  36. Frank Hellen, Wentzville
  37. Clayton Henderson, Catawissa
  38. Nolan Hensley, Iberia
  39. Taylor Herron, Kansas City
  40. Andy Hill, Columbia
  41. Brady Hill, Fenton
  42. Wyatt Hill, Fenton
  43. Tony Hinson, St. Clair
  44. Thomas Homeier, St. Louis
  45. Beth Holler, St. Robert
  46. Aaron Horner, St. Louis
  47. Justin Huensch, Ballwin
  48. Jared Johnson, Saint Robert
  49. Tyler Kasmann, Washington
  50. Benjamin Kempton, Sedalia
  51. Chris King, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
  52. Mike Kirksey, Highland, Illinois
  53. Elizabeth Lambird, East Lynne
  54. Trevor Love, Springfield
  55. Mark Lucas, Bonne Terre
  56. Harold Lutz, Rolla
  57. Brock MacGregor, Fort Leonard Wood 
  58. Benjamin Martin, St. Louis
  59. Paul McCaslin, Fenton
  60. Monroe Mills, Hartsburg
  61. James Moffet, West Fargo, North Dakota
  62. Ben Moore, Columbia
  63. Christopher Morman, Myrtle, Mississippi
  64. Timothy Morris, Springfield
  65. Mark Nettles, Chesterfield
  66. Jerry Newport, Pittsburg, Kansas
  67. Jaylin Onnen, Springfield
  68. Jim Owens, House Springs
  69. Jaydon Payment, O'Fallon
  70. Frank Petraglia, St. Louis
  71. Michael Petres, Maplewood
  72. Boot Pierce, Sullivan
  73. Dustin Portell, St. Louis
  74. Josh Pridmore, Collinsville, Oklahoma
  75. Daryl Reed, Lees Summit
  76. Greg Richardson, Pacific
  77. Cooper Rodman, Springfield
  78. Mark Rose, Springfield, Illnois
  79. Andrew Roussin, St. Louis
  80. Ryan Ruprecht, Columbia
  81. Vance Schneider, Kansas City
  82. Tara Schnelting, Gerald
  83. Sarah Schulte, Columbia
  84. Vincent Schroeder, East Lynne
  85. Timothy Schwent, Jackson
  86. Stetson Schwien, Mountain View
  87. Andrew Senters, St. Louis
  88. James Shepard, Highland, Illinois
  89. James Spencer, Pleasant Hill
  90. Matthew Stockert, Alton, Illinois
  91. Taylor Stumpf, Columbia, Illinois
  92. Darin Tarrants, Auxvasse
  93. Ryan Tarrants, Boonville
  94. Ron Terry, Nevada
  95. Samuel Troyer, Warsaw
  96. Nicholas Trusso, Columbia
  97. Clark Tucker, Saltillo, Mississippi
  98. Dylan Vermeire, Lake Saint Louis
  99. Nicholas Walsh, Apo, AE
  100. Emiley Weese, Imperial
  101. John Weghorst, Holts Summit
  102. Joe Weiss, Irondale
  103. Michael Williams, Joplin
  104. Rick Wright, Smithville
  105. Mark Zettler, St. Charles
  106. 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. Brad Foster, Belton
  19. Michael Frieden, Rolla
  20. Michael Garbs, Dardenne Prairie
  21. Andrew Glickert, Chesterfield
  22. Dave Haislar, Columbia, Illinois
  23. Hunter Harrell, Springfield
  24. Lucas Hassemer, Columbia
  25. Kyle Hix, Rolla
  26. Donald Hoeft Jr., Warrenton
  27. Rick Hoenes, Palmyra
  28. John Holler, Saint Robert
  29. Gregg Holmes, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  30. Thomas Huber, Shawnee, Kansas
  31. Jonathon Huensch, Wildwood
  32. Benjamin Lampe, Rolla
  33. Charley Linneman, Ellisville
  34. Mike Losse, Kirkwood
  35. Nicholas Matthews, Nixa
  36. Sean McCombs, Kansas City
  37. Luke Mirly, Jackson
  38. Ahren Muehleisen, Ballwin
  39. Darrell Nelson, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  40. Steve Parsons, Lakeview, Arkansas
  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. Jared Sharpe, Viburnum
  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. Cody Ware, Cherryville
  59. Matt Weber, Washington
  60. William Whenham, Holden
  61. JD Williams, St. James
  62. Jeff Williams, Overland Park, Kansas
  63. Tyler Yazdi, Chesterfield
  64. Micah Young, Springfield
  65. Bailey Zack, Saint Clair
  66. Robert Zylstra, New Bloomfield
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Gold

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