Where that white jig went cold quickly, there s a lot of pressure on that lake and most bass anglers were flipping white jigs because that was the productive pattern there. Likewise for the extended distance on the live-bait rig. Lakes where this is a factor get fished mostly with rigs. The evolution of conditioning would look something like this. The local paper or the bait shops discover a pattern is working and they tell the world.
Anglers always follow a hot bite so they head out to the lake and use the productive presentation.
Fish are caught, some are kept, some are released. Before long the fishing slows down and the roving anglers go off in search of the next hot bite. These anglers are quick to say that there are no fish left and the ones that are left are not the aggressive fish that were being caught earlier. The local anglers are left to discover another pattern that works. If they stick to what was hot they ll likely be disappointed.