I had a cormorant hit my Bull Shad 2-3 feet under water, thought I had a real nice fish for a second until its wing popped out of the water, he thrashed for a second and got away so I didn’t have to deal with unhooking it.
The smaller birds near me all love my redhead baby wake, I throw the perch colored all the time and the birds barely care, tie on the redhead and they’re everywhere!