Squirrel fishing explained

Squirrel fishing is the sporting practice of "catching" squirrels and attempting to lift them into the air using a nut (such as a peanut) tied to a string or fishing line and optionally some kind of fishing pole.^[1]

There has been some debate over where modern squirrel fishing originated. Squirrel fishing occurred at least as early as 1889 in the United States.^[2] The practice was popularized either by Nikolas Gloy and Yasuhiro Endo at the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University^[3] or by the Berkeley Squirrel Fisher's Club (BSF), an official student group at the University of California, Berkeley that has been featured in the campus newspaper.^[4], Ohio State University also had a squirrel fishing club.^[5] Michigan State University joined in 2015.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Commentary: A noble line: Reel squirrel fishing in as Club sport . Oregon Daily Emerald . May 5, 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071124153510/http://media.www.dailyemerald.com/media/storage/paper859/news/2004/05/05/Commentary/A.Noble.Line.Reel.Squirrel.Fishing.In.As.Club.Sport-1970277.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailyemerald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com . November 24, 2007.
2. News: The Pacific Coast . The Pullman Herald. April 6, 1889 . 1 .
3. Book: Techtv: Leo Laportes 2003 Technology Almanac, Leo. Techtv: Leo Laportes 2003 Technology Almanac. Pearson Education. 2006. 34. 978-0-7897-2847-0.
4. News: Bryan . Ritchie . Nutty Goodness . The Daily Californian . May 6, 2002 .
5. Web site: Representing OSU: A Conference for Legal Counsel, November 20, 2009 . December 12, 2014 . 8 .
6. Web site: MSU's Newest Sport: Squirrel Fishing . December 11, 2017 . html .