Outdoors column: Local trout angler`s Release Over 20 campaign catching on
(World News USA)

When it comes to catching spotted seatrout in the Lowcountry, few recreational anglers are more knowledgeable than Dave Fladd. So when he voiced his thoughts about releasing large trout during an appearance on a Wilmington, N.C.-based podcast, it was the perfect presentation. An official with the Coastal Conservation Association North Carolina (ccanc.org) heard the podcast, contacted Fladd and Fladd`s personal mantra has become an official campaign: Release Over 20. Fladd and Ralph Phillips are the founders of Summerville-based Eye Strike Fishing (eyestrikefishing.com), which manufactures premium jig heads used by both saltwater and freshwater anglers. Fishing guide Judson Brock, whose...