The NOMO Slam Challenge

For those of you that don't know me very well, I live in the northern part of Missouri.  For those of you that don't know Missouri very well, there is a distinct difference between the bodies of water in the northern and southern portions.  While the southern part of Missouri is pretty diverse, the northern part is less so.  The southern part has both warm and cold water fisheries.  The northern part is warm water only.  The southern part, as a direct result, has more species of fish that can be targeted by anglers.  The northern part has fewer.  That's not to say that one is good and the other is bad, it is just different.

As a native northern Missourian, I appreciate what we have.  The most common species of fish in the northern part of the state are channel catfish, largemouth bass, and bluegill.  You can find these just about anywhere.  Other species include redear sunfish, crappie, green sunfish, naturally occurring hybrid sunfish, gar, drum, and carp.  There are indeed other species to be found but these are the common ones.  This is where the NOMO Slam comes from.  

NOMO stands for northern Missouri and the slam portion represents 4 species.  This little challenge came from a day on the water with some friends where we were catching crappie, bass, bluegill, and channel catfish.  Just to make things more entertaining, we would celebrate if anyone caught all four species.  Let's be honest, it isn't always easy to fool a fish with a fly.  It's even harder to catch four species in northern Missouri with a fly.  

So let's have some fun with this because fishing is supposed to be fun.  Use #NOMOslam in your Instagram posts.  Create your own slam.  Tag me in a post if you make and complete your own!  I would love to see that!  

Complete the #NOMOslam...in a day or for your career.  I'll be posting my #NOMOslam on Instagram today and hope to see some other folks follow suit.  Be proud of your catches and take pride in where you live and where you fish!

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