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.
Do you have a legal right to use Missouri’s streams. The answer is yes … in some places and in some ways.
Here's How the Trout Slam Works:
Missouri’s Blue Ribbon Trout Slam has been divided into three levels of accomplishment.
Bronze
- Catch a trout from 5 of the 9 Blue Ribbon Trout Areas.
- Award – certificate and bronze pin.
Silver
- Catch a trout from 7 of the 9 Blue Ribbon Trout Areas.
- Award – certificate and silver pin.
Gold
- Catch a trout from all 9 Blue Ribbon Trout Areas.
- Award – certificate, gold pin, and medallion.
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.
Bronze
- Tanner Abbott, New Bloomfield
- Jeffery Adams, Alton, Illinois
- Mark Bauman, Kansas City
- Christopher Beahm, Wildwood
- Amalia Becker, Deforest, Wisconsin
- Paul Bernsen, St. Louis
- Jeremiah Bertels, Lake Saint Louis
- Andrew Black, St. Louis
- Bryan Blackford, Dardenne Prairie
- Nathaniel Borst, Parkville
- Everett Bosch, Bonne Terre
- Robert Bosch, Bonne Terre
- Randall Byrum, Rogers, Arkansas
- Jacob Canfield, Republic
- Austin Cira, Mission, Kansas
- Spencer Coe, Bend, Oregon
- Garner Cummins, Webb City
- Samuel Delanty, Camdenton
- Patrick Dickinson, Linn
- Rob Dixon, Columbia
- Rudy Dodorico, Florissant
- Deiter Duff, Ozark
- Brian Easley, Mexico
- Paul Ericson, Shawnee, Kansas
- Michael Farless, Kansas City
- Robert Farnam, Jefferson City
- Austin Ferraiuolo, Independence
- Jeff Flaugher, Holts Summit
- Jorden Flieg, Ste. Genevieve
- Brian Flowers, Columbia
- Alex Gardner, Maryville
- Anthony Groff, Olathe, Kansas
- Marcus Gumm, Marshfield
- Cameron Gonzales, Springfield
- Rik Hafer, Kirkwood
- John Hancock, O'Fallon
- Frank Hellen, Wentzville
- Clayton Henderson, Catawissa
- Nolan Hensley, Iberia
- Taylor Herron, Kansas City
- Andy Hill, Columbia
- Brady Hill, Fenton
- Wyatt Hill, Fenton
- Tony Hinson, St. Clair
- Thomas Homeier, St. Louis
- Beth Holler, St. Robert
- Aaron Horner, St. Louis
- Justin Huensch, Ballwin
- Jared Johnson, Saint Robert
- Tyler Kasmann, Washington
- Benjamin Kempton, Sedalia
- Colten Kenady, Buffalo
- Chris King, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
- Mike Kirksey, Highland, Illinois
- Elizabeth Lambird, East Lynne
- Trevor Love, Springfield
- Mark Lucas, Bonne Terre
- Harold Lutz, Rolla
- Brock MacGregor, Fort Leonard Wood
- Benjamin Martin, St. Louis
- Paul McCaslin, Fenton
- Monroe Mills, Hartsburg
- James Moffet, West Fargo, North Dakota
- Ben Moore, Columbia
- Christopher Morman, Myrtle, Mississippi
- Timothy Morris, Springfield
- Mark Nettles, Chesterfield
- Jerry Newport, Pittsburg, Kansas
- Jaylin Onnen, Springfield
- Jim Owens, House Springs
- Jaydon Payment, O'Fallon
- Frank Petraglia, St. Louis
- Michael Petres, Maplewood
- Kirk Pickett, Ashland
- Boot Pierce, Sullivan
- Dustin Portell, St. Louis
- Daryl Reed, Lees Summit
- Greg Richardson, Pacific
- Cooper Rodman, Springfield
- Mark Rose, Springfield, Illinois
- Andrew Roussin, St. Louis
- Ryan Ruprecht, Columbia
- Vance Schneider, Kansas City
- Tara Schnelting, Gerald
- Sarah Schulte, Columbia
- Vincent Schroeder, East Lynne
- Timothy Schwent, Jackson
- Stetson Schwien, Mountain View
- Andrew Senters, St. Louis
- James Shepard, Highland, Illinois
- James Spencer, Pleasant Hill
- Matthew Stockert, Alton, Illinois
- Taylor Stumpf, Columbia, Illinois
- Darin Tarrants, Auxvasse
- Ryan Tarrants, Boonville
- Samuel Troyer, Warsaw
- Nicholas Trusso, Columbia
- Clark Tucker, Saltillo, Mississippi
- Dylan Vermeire, Lake Saint Louis
- Nicholas Walsh, Apo, AE
- Sean Walter, Moscow Mills
- Emiley Weese, Imperial
- John Weghorst, Holts Summit
- Joe Weiss, Irondale
- Michael Williams, Joplin
- Rick Wright, Smithville
- Mark Zettler, St. Charles
- Anthony Zuber, St. Robert
Silver
- Zach Althaus, St. Louis
- Joseph Alvarez, Rolla
- Jim Betta, Linn Creek
- Jesse Boucher, St. Charles
- Miller Bowles, St. Louis
- Ben Burris, Rolla
- Matthew Buser, Kansas City
- Seth Calkins, Warrensburg
- Dustin Cantrell, Springfield
- Randy Christo, St. Charles
- Jason Cummins, Webb City
- Jim Davis, O'Fallon
- Steve Dixon, Jackson
- Greg Edster, Joplin
- Jeanne Edster, Joplin
- Laura Elton, Wildwood
- Tom Exline, Arnold
- Brad Foster, Belton
- Michael Frieden, Rolla
- Michael Garbs, Dardenne Prairie
- Andrew Glickert, Chesterfield
- Dave Haislar, Columbia, Illinois
- Hunter Harrell, Springfield
- Lucas Hassemer, Columbia
- Kyle Hix, Rolla
- Donald Hoeft Jr., Warrenton
- Rick Hoenes, Palmyra
- John Holler, Saint Robert
- Gregg Holmes, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Jonathon Huensch, Wildwood
- Benjamin Lampe, Rolla
- Charley Linneman, Ellisville
- Mike Losse, Kirkwood
- Nicholas Matthews, Nixa
- Sean McCombs, Kansas City
- Ahren Muehleisen, Ballwin
- Darrell Nelson, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Steve Parsons, Lakeview, Arkansas
- Josh Pridmore, Collinsville, Oklahoma
- Paul Posey, Lebanon
- Mario Pukl, Fairview, Tennessee
- James Randolph, Kansas City
- Brian Rexroad, Mascoutah, Illinois
- Brandon Roach, Lee's Summit
- Jonathon Roberts, Kansas City
- David Rodecap, St. Peters
- Michael Schelp, Gladstone
- Ethan Smith, Columbia
- James Smith, Washington
- Trevor Southards, Moscow Mills
- Brian Spangler, Wildwood
- Seanmichael Stanley, Columbia
- Nathan Steinkamp, Fenton
- Garry Teeple, Fulton
- Spencer Thomas, Grandview
- Erica Turner, Springfield
- Cody Ware, Cherryville
- Matt Weber, Washington
- William Whenham, Holden
- JD Williams, St. James
- Jeff Williams, Overland Park, Kansas
- Tyler Yazdi, Chesterfield
- Micah Young, Springfield
- Bailey Zack, Saint Clair
- Robert Zylstra, New Bloomfield
Gold (* Also achieved gold in another slam program.)
- Seth Ames, Bentonville, Arkansas
- Darrell Atteberry, Bel Aire, Kansas
- Debbie Backes, Linn
- Jerry Backes, Linn
- Sean Ball, Springfield
- Daniel Bauman, Kansas City
- Dave Beale, Augusta
- Jason Bell, St. Clair
- Brogun Betta, Linn Creek
- Markus Bigbee, Olathe, Kansas
- Will Black, Wildwood
- Brady Blisard, Cassville
- James Bolin, Joplin
- Joshua Bowen, Newburg
- Byron Bradley, Kirkwood
- Ben Breese, Madison, Wisconsin
- Noah Brocato, Labadie
- John Bush, Springfield
- Michael Cain, St. Louis
- Kevin Carril, Overland Park, Kansas
- Zach Caselman, Battlefield
- Kyler Castillo, Branson
- Phil Charleville, Festus
- *Ronald Cobb, St. Louis
- Nathanael Coffman, St. James
- *Michael Collins, Jefferson City
- Joshua Conyers, St. Robert
- David Cooper, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Brendan Corazzin, Lee's Summit
- Aaron Cornman, Hillsboro
- Leigh Ann Cornman, Hillsboro
- Cameron Courtwright, Warrensburg
- Kevin Courtwright, Warrensburg
- Trenton Courtwright, Warrenton
- *Michael Cravens, Tempe, Arizona
- Darrell Cureton, Farmington
- Marc Davenport, Owensville
- Nicholas Davidson, Manchester
- Zachary DeBord, Columbia
- *Cody Diehl, Kirkwood
- Zachary Everett, Manhattan, Kansas
- Paul Eggeman, Columbia
- Travis Gabel, Columbia
- Gregory Gaia, St. Charles
- James Gamache, Rolla
- Rebecca Garrison, Branson
- Seth Garrison, Branson
- James Georgen, O'Fallon
- Jason Goring, Bates City
- Chad Gross, Rolla
- *Adam Guerich, Desloge
- Linda Haislar, Columbia, Illinois
- Ian Hardcastle, St. Louis
- Robert Hassenpflug, Liberty
- Michael Hatcher, Rockaway Beach
- Jeff Hedger, Goodman
- *Ed Heist, Alto Pass, IL
- Joshua Hensley, Iberia
- Hans Herfel, Fitchburg, Wisconsin
- Tyrone Herfel, Greeley, Colorado
- Kelly Hinson, Saint Clair
- Tony Hinson, Saint Clair
- Craig Holke, Ladue
- Thomas Huber, Shawnee, Kansas
- Austin Hurst, Ash Grove
- Kevin Irish, University City
- Tom Irish, University City
- *Jeff Johnson, Republic
- Darla Ketcherside, Hillsboro
- John Ketcherside, Hillsboro
- Mike Kidd, High Ridge
- Andrew King, Kearney
- Todd King, Newburg
- Rick Knipe, Centerville, Texas
- Michael Kohl, Maryland Heights
- Frederick Kossman, St. Louis
- Michael Kossman, Imperial
- Michael Kromrey, Springfield
- Mike Kruse, Columbia
- Tom Lagermann, St. Louis
- Jamie Lamkin, Poplar Bluff
- Michael Lamphere, Battlefield
- Marc Lewis, Ozark
- Ike Lightner, Fordland
- Jack Losse, Kirkwood
- Jordan Louderbaugh, Republic
- Mario Lozina, Fenton
- Jason Ludlum, Fort Leonard Wood
- *Joseph Lynch, Harrah, Oklahoma
- Eric Magoon, Waynesville
- Shayne Manetzke, Eureka
- John Maxwell, Macedonia, IL
- Billy McCaslin, Fenton
- Michael McColl, House Springs
- *Vince McColl, House Springs
- Shannon McGuire, Kearney
- Anne McLaughlin, St. Louis
- Harold Meyr, Cape Girardeau
- James Meng, Columbia
- Amanda Miller, Bois D'Arc
- Chris Miller, Springfield
- Luke Mirly, Jackson
- Justin Murphy, Harrisburg
- Robert Nelson, St. Louis
- Austin Nieman, Columbia, Illinois
- Patrick Olson, St. Louis
- Ben Ortbals-Steinkamp, Hillsboro
- Charles Pancoast, Cape Girardeau
- Jeremy Patterson, Kansas City
- James Placht, Grubville
- *Nick Polanowski, Sullivan
- Sam Potter, Rolla
- Adam Prier, Golden
- Jeff Rainwater, St. Peters
- Steven Records, Ozark
- Anthony Reichard, St. James
- Michael Reitz, St. Louis
- Gina Richardson, Bethalto, Illinois
- Tom Richardson, Bethalto, Illinois
- Jonathan Rinehart, Arnold
- Preston Robertson, Branson
- Scott Rodeman, O'Fallon
- Drew Ross, Crossett, Arkansas
- Jason Rudolph, St. Peters
- Derek Schlotzhauer, Harrisonville
- Tim Schuepbach, De Soto
- James Schumer, Columbia
- *Devan Scroggins, Cassville
- Christopher Selle, Kansas City
- Jared Sharpe, Viburnum
- Robert Sights, Ottawa, KS
- Fred Simmens, Jamestown
- Kayla Small, Bertrand
- Rylyn Small, Bertrand
- Michael Smallwood, St. James
- Kyle Smarko, St. Louis
- Mike Spangler, Wildwood
- Steven Spangler, Pacific
- Doug Spurgeon, Taylorville, Illinois
- Doug Steinhoff, Columbia
- Kyle Swenson, St. Louis
- Glyn Tabor, Nineveh, Indiana
- Ron Terry, Nevada
- Samuel Vanfossan, Excelsior Springs
- Robert Viehman, Steelville
- Dennis Voss, Union
- Larrin Wada, Olathe, KS
- Ron Ward, Branson
- Brad Willis, Columbia
- Eric Willis, Webster Groves
- Mathew Wortmann, O'Fallon
- Mark Zettler, St. Charles
- Gordon Zingery, Farmers Branch, Texas
To share your photo:
- Fish should be photographed while still in the water to minimize the amount of time it is exposed to the air. Follow fish handling and release guidelines.
- Post your image to your Instagram or Twitter account
- Tag your photo with #MoTroutSlam
- Be sure your post can be viewed by the public