Fishing for chipmunks

We were up camping one year and a little ways out of camp was a chipmunk hole in the ground. Every once in a while you would see a chipmunk pop his head out and take a look around. We had just eaten some watermelon and Dad go this idea to put the watermelon rind around the hole and then got his fishing pole and tied a slipnot in the line. He put the “noose” under the watermelon rinds and waited for the chipmunks to take the bait. It didn’t take long before a little head poked up and YANK! Up came a chipmunk! Dad reeled him in! I remember how fun it was to catch chipmunks that way! My only worry is that someone would get bitten by one as you were trying to let it go. I guess at least we practiced “catch and release” and let the little rodents go!