Ranger Rick Kelly calls the Critter Gitters to the lake to help him untangle a Harris hawk, which has been trapped in abandoned fish line. Once the Critter Gitters have rescued the hawk, they discover it has followed them back to their tree house, where it has made itself a new home. In the mean time, after witnessing Splash, a brave labrador rescue a little girl. Dr. West finds himself stranded in the middle of the lake in a sinking rubber raft with Elmer, the local bait and tackle shop owner. Dr. West and Elmer are ultimately saved by the Critter Gitters.