Bass circle bait but dont strike

From my experience, when a bass doesn't eat something natural, it's because they sense something isn't right, or, in this case, with live bait, it's possible that they aren't hungry. As many of our classes highlight, bass don't only strike out of hunger. It sounds like a reaction bait might get a strike from these bass. My personal choice would be a noisy topwater lure, a bright floating worm or a lipless crankbait. If that fails, sometimes it's easier to find bass that will bite than try to make an unwilling bass bite.