I agree that bass and other predators often "bite" due to instinct or competitiveness or? We have all caught bass that had the tail of a shad or BG or other forage fish sticking out of their gut. Most lures look nothing like normal prey.

I still don't understand why some gamefish hit everything thrown at them and others never hit a lure. The same killer instinct is there in both types, whether hungry or sated. I doubt that I could catch every bass in a forage free pond. I believe that genetics, as Bruce is trying to work on, plays a role; albeit an imperfectly understood role.