Meadowlark,

Due to the instincts and aggressive behavior of predators just because a bass strikes a lure or prey doesn't necessarily mean it intended to eat it. If you sight fish for bass on spawning beds (right, wrong, or indifferent) many times a bass will aggressively hit, peck and even move a lure or prey item with no intent of eating it. It may aggressively strike at a rattle trap or buzz bait because it just buzzed by it's face 10 times, it got mad. It would be hard to remain at the top of any food chain without showing some aggressiveness or being a bully. It's like a bear that just was just fed 20 lbs of doughnuts at a park. It may not be hungry but if you go out there and poke it enough, it'll attack. I believe that's the point everyone is trying to make.

Mike