Damn Wade's a savage...:-)

Yeah having birds attack swimbaits near the surface is common... I've had a crane or two follow my huddleston ROF 0... Had an osprey divebomb my castaic... luckly i got it underwater fast enough that it didnt get its talons in teh plastic. My last story involves me not paying attention and having an osprey at the same lake divebomb my Slammer while my head was turned adn I just hear a big splash... when i turned aroundit was trying to take off with it... with a little tugging it let loose.. luckly the hooks didnt get in the Osprey otherwise that bird would have had LOTS of line hanging off that lure.. cuz no way in hell am I getting anywhere near a pissed off osprey... so in short.. yeah the birds like swimbaits too...
Erik P.