The majority of the time bass are feeding on Shad or Crawfish, sure they'll grab a bit of grasshopper or take a snake to task but usually its shad or crawfish. So the buzz bait gurgling across the top of the water is just to much like a shad and full tummy or not sometimes a bass will reflexively strike a buzzer for the h... of it. I've also seen large bass come from 20+ ft(in clear water) to nail a buzz bait. It can be exciting when they do that as you see this streak coming to your buzz bait through your peripheral vision and you get annihilated by a hungry or irritated Black Bass. JMO The way you describe it makes me want to get on the water right now!!!!
