Squirrel fishing

A squirrel being successfully lifted

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] As of 2009, Ohio State University also had a squirrel fishing club.[5] Michigan State University joined in 2015.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Commentary: A noble line: Reel squirrel fishing in as Club sport". Oregon Daily Emerald. May 5, 2004. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007.
  2. ^ "The Pacific Coast". The Pullman Herald. April 6, 1889. p. 1.
  3. ^ Techtv: Leo Laportes 2003 Technology Almanac, Leo (2006). Techtv: Leo Laportes 2003 Technology Almanac. Pearson Education. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7897-2847-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Ritchie, Bryan (May 6, 2002). "Nutty Goodness". The Daily Californian.
  5. ^ "Representing OSU: A Conference for Legal Counsel, November 20, 2009" (PDF). p. 8. Retrieved December 12, 2014.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "MSU's Newest Sport: Squirrel Fishing" (html). Retrieved December 11, 2017.