Der har været en del debat om, hvor squirrel fishing stammer fra. Det blev udbredt af Nicholas Middleton og Zmira Zilkha under deres tid på [[Middlebury College]] Italian Language School, af Nikolas Gloy og Yasuhiro Endo på Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences på [[Harvard University]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Techtv: Leo Laportes 2003 Technology Almanac|first=Leo|title=Techtv: Leo Laportes 2003 Technology Almanac|publisher=Pearson Education|year=2006|pages=34|isbn=978-0-7897-2847-0}}</ref> og af Berkeley Squirrel Fisher's Club (BSF), en officiel studenterforening på [[University of California, Berkeley]], der blev beskrevet i en campus-avis.<ref>{{cite news |first=Bryan |last=Ritchie |url=http://archive.dailycal.org/article.php?id=8598 |title=Nutty Goodness |newspaper=The Daily Californian |date=6. maj 2002 |access-date= 1. januar 2018 |archive-date=21. september 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054611/http://archive.dailycal.org/article.php?id=8598 |url-status=dead }}</ref> I 2009 havde [[Ohio State University]] også en egernfiskeri-forening.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legal.osu.edu/media/PowePointpresentationsfromRepresentingOSU%2800059299%29.PDF |title=Representing OSU: A Conference for Legal Counsel, November 20, 2009 |accessdate=12. december 2014 |format=pdf |page=8 }}{{Dødt link|date=november 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Michigan State University]] fik en lignende foreningen i 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theblacksheeponline.com/campus-life/msus-newest-sport-squirrel-fishing |title=MSU’s Newest Sport: Squirrel Fishing |accessdate=11. december 2017 |format=html |archive-date=17. april 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417053115/https://theblacksheeponline.com/campus-life/msus-newest-sport-squirrel-fishing |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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