As the night rolled in, the Squirrel-Rat and the "Massage Queen" set up camp under a mammoth ficus tree (one of the squirrel's favorite hiding places). The Squirrel-Rat then casted the mysterious "Heads & Middles" (chunks of fresh mullet) into the nearby river using the heavy snook rods. As time passed by the anticipation was nearly paralyzing. The Squirrel-Rat and Massage queen seemed to be focused on the river instead of the ficus tree. (Only now do I realize that this was only a diversion to mesmerize the evil squirrel)

All of a sudden one of the snook rods shuddered and the clicker began to scream as line was peeling from the reel. It was a massive snook who had devoured the mullet head for sure! As the snook was screaming down the river, the Squirrel-Rat and Massage Queen ran to the rod and reel and began to fight over it. Oh the yelling and the screaming!!! It was unlike any tactical strategy I have ever witnessed. Squirrel-Rat finally wrestled the rod from the "Massage Queen" and did whats known among elite squirrel hunters as the "HATTERAS HOOKSET". This allowed the Squirrel-Rat to "whiff", and shake off the pesky snook. The force of the "whiff" then carried the line upwards, and the line then was able to catch a low hanging Ficus tree branch. This maneuver was truly unbelivable. I saw the look in the Squirrel-Rats eyes, and I knew that the hunt was just heating up!

The Squirrel-Rat then began to pump his fishing rod causing the ficus branch to shake violentl! Only then did I fully understand the Squirrel-Rats secret method. He was trying to shake that ole' tree in order to cause the squirrels to fall out of it and onto the ground. Squirrel-Rat put forth a valiant effort as the "Massage Queen" looked on with great anticipation. However, on this particular night the mighty squirrel would remain elusive. My last image of this night was the Squirrel-Rat standing on his cooler trying to free his fishing line from the ficus tree as the "Massage Queen" looked on with obvious disappointment.