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. Mark Bauman, Kansas City
  3. Christopher Beahm, Wildwood
  4. Amalia Becker, Deforest, Wisconsin
  5. Paul Bernsen, St. Louis
  6. Jeremiah Bertels, Lake Saint Louis
  7. Andrew Black, St. Louis
  8. Bryan Blackford, Dardenne Prairie
  9. Nathaniel Borst, Parkville
  10. Everett Bosch, Bonne Terre
  11. Robert Bosch, Bonne Terre
  12. Randall Byrum, Rogers, Arkansas
  13. Jacob Canfield, Republic
  14. Austin Cira, Mission, Kansas
  15. Spencer Coe, Bend, Oregon
  16. Garner Cummins, Webb City
  17. Samuel Delanty, Camdenton
  18. Patrick Dickinson, Linn
  19. Rob Dixon, Columbia
  20. Rudy Dodorico, Florissant
  21. Deiter Duff, Ozark
  22. Brian Easley, Mexico
  23. Paul Ericson, Shawnee, Kansas
  24. Robert Farnam, Jefferson City
  25. Austin Ferraiuolo, Independence
  26. Jeff Flaugher, Holts Summit
  27. Jorden Flieg, Ste. Genevieve
  28. Brian Flowers, Columbia
  29. Alex Gardner, Maryville
  30. Anthony Groff, Olathe, Kansas
  31. Marcus Gumm, Marshfield
  32. Cameron Gonzales, Springfield
  33. Rik Hafer, Kirkwood
  34. John Hancock, O'Fallon
  35. Frank Hellen, Wentzville
  36. Clayton Henderson, Catawissa
  37. Nolan Hensley, Iberia
  38. Taylor Herron, Kansas City
  39. Andy Hill, Columbia
  40. Brady Hill, Fenton
  41. Wyatt Hill, Fenton
  42. Tony Hinson, St. Clair
  43. Thomas Homeier, St. Louis
  44. Beth Holler, St. Robert
  45. Aaron Horner, St. Louis
  46. Justin Huensch, Ballwin
  47. Jared Johnson, Saint Robert
  48. Tyler Kasmann, Washington
  49. Benjamin Kempton, Sedalia
  50. Todd King, Newburg
  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. Andrew King, Kearney
  33. Benjamin Lampe, Rolla
  34. Charley Linneman, Ellisville
  35. Mike Losse, Kirkwood
  36. Nicholas Matthews, Nixa
  37. Sean McCombs, Kansas City
  38. Luke Mirly, Jackson
  39. Ahren Muehleisen, Ballwin
  40. Darrell Nelson, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  41. Steve Parsons, Lakeview, Arkansas
  42. Paul Posey, Lebanon
  43. Mario Pukl, Fairview, Tennessee
  44. James Randolph, Kansas City
  45. Brian Rexroad, Mascoutah, Illinois
  46. Brandon Roach, Lee's Summit
  47. Jonathon Roberts, Kansas City
  48. David Rodecap, St. Peters
  49. Michael Schelp, Gladstone
  50. Jared Sharpe, Viburnum
  51. Ethan Smith, Columbia
  52. James Smith, Washington
  53. Trevor Southards, Moscow Mills
  54. Brian Spangler, Wildwood
  55. Seanmichael Stanley, Columbia
  56. Nathan Steinkamp, Fenton
  57. Garry Teeple, Fulton
  58. Spencer Thomas, Grandview
  59. Cody Ware, Cherryville
  60. Matt Weber, Washington
  61. William Whenham, Holden
  62. JD Williams, St. James
  63. Jeff Williams, Overland Park, Kansas
  64. Tyler Yazdi, Chesterfield
  65. Micah Young, Springfield
  66. Bailey Zack, Saint Clair
  67. 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. Rick Knipe, Centerville, Texas
  71. Michael Kohl, Maryland Heights
  72. Frederick Kossman, St. Louis
  73. Michael Kossman, Imperial
  74. Michael Kromrey, Springfield
  75. Mike Kruse, Columbia
  76. Tom Lagermann, St. Louis
  77. Jamie Lamkin, Poplar Bluff
  78. Michael Lamphere, Battlefield
  79. Marc Lewis, Ozark
  80. Ike Lightner, Fordland
  81. Jack Losse, Kirkwood
  82. Jordan Louderbaugh, Republic
  83. Mario Lozina, Fenton
  84. Jason Ludlum, Fort Leonard Wood
  85. Joseph Lynch, Harrah, Oklahoma
  86. Eric Magoon, Waynesville
  87. Shayne Manetzke, Eureka
  88. John Maxwell, Macedonia, IL
  89. Billy McCaslin, Fenton
  90. Michael McColl, House Springs
  91. Vince McColl, House Springs
  92. Shannon McGuire, Kearney
  93. Anne McLaughlin, St. Louis
  94. Harold Meyr, Cape Girardeau
  95. James Meng, Columbia
  96. Amanda Miller, Bois D'Arc
  97. Chris Miller, Springfield
  98. Justin Murphy, Harrisburg
  99. Robert Nelson, St. Louis
  100. Austin Nieman, Columbia, Illinois
  101. Patrick Olson, St. Louis
  102. Ben Ortbals-Steinkamp, Hillsboro
  103. Charles Pancoast, Cape Girardeau
  104. Jeremy Patterson, Kansas City
  105. James Placht, Grubville
  106. Nick Polanowski, Sullivan
  107. Sam Potter, Rolla
  108. Adam Prier, Golden
  109. Jeff Rainwater, St. Peters
  110. Steven Records, Ozark
  111. Anthony Reichard, St. James
  112. Michael Reitz, St. Louis
  113. Gina Richardson, Bethalto, Illinois
  114. Tom Richardson, Bethalto, Illinois
  115. Jonathan Rinehart, Arnold
  116. Preston Robertson, Branson
  117. Scott Rodeman, O'Fallon
  118. Drew Ross, Crossett, Arkansas
  119. Jason Rudolph, St. Peters
  120. Derek Schlotzhauer, Harrisonville
  121. Tim Schuepbach, De Soto
  122. James Schumer, Columbia
  123. Devan Scroggins, Cassville
  124. Christopher Selle, Kansas City
  125. Robert Sights, Ottawa, KS
  126. Fred Simmens, Jamestown
  127. Kayla Small, Bertrand
  128. Rylyn Small, Bertrand
  129. Michael Smallwood, St. James
  130. Kyle Smarko, St. Louis
  131. Mike Spangler, Wildwood
  132. Steven Spangler, Pacific
  133. Doug Spurgeon, Taylorville, Illinois
  134. Doug Steinhoff, Columbia
  135. Kyle Swenson, St. Louis
  136. Glyn Tabor, Nineveh, Indiana
  137. Samuel Vanfossan, Excelsior Springs
  138. Robert Viehman, Steelville
  139. Dennis Voss, Union
  140. Larrin Wada, Olathe, KS
  141. Ron Ward, Branson
  142. Brad Willis, Columbia
  143. Eric Willis, Webster Groves
  144. Mathew Wortmann, O'Fallon
  145. Mark Zettler, St. Charles
  146. Gordon Zingery, Farmers Branch, Texas
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