Are bass smart or is it instinct ?

[CCbass]

This comes from a study I read years ago about bass in a tank and how often they could catch the same fish on the same bait. The stidy stated a fish caught on a soft bait could be caught on the same bait within an hour or so. If a fish was caught on a hard bait it would take almost two weeks before that fish was caught on the same lure. Two things here, natural equals not associating catch with reason for catch (An hour would be more trama then effect) according to the bass, and two memory fades after a given time (if not natural). If bass were "smart" it seems both effects of being caught would in fact be the same as far as eating the same bait. Just my evaluation of the study.