ONE time, in Venice, LA...I spotted a hefty Redfish in clear, shallow water. Tossed a sparkly plastic way passed it and crawled it towards the Fish. That fish spun around and faced the bait then ran straight passed it. I changed to a natural color and kept casting. Redfish was spotted minutes later, I believe it to be the same fish. Same cast passed, same crawl, fish even did a similar spin and darted again. I thought it took off again but it paused and picked the bait up.
Fish are odd creatures, for sure. I've seen days on both sides of this topic, but I don't have the options I have now.