Often times with smallies or even largemouth if they are schooled up feeding, for me during the fall feed up times this is when I encounter schooled fish. I throw a double fluke rig, it's not often, but at times I have hooked a fish one fluke, and another fish follows them then grabs the second fluke. My wife, friends, and myself included have caught a number of bass that were ones following in one that was hooked already. Like I said for me this is most common in the fall when they're feeding heavily for the winter, or spring prespawn. Can be a lot of fun when you do get follows, I've had my wife drop her rod she just made a cast with to grab a free one to throw a lure at following fish, and it usually works. Top water if a fish misses especially on a walk the dog type bait, after a swing and miss I keep it going or speed it up sometimes it works. My logic is like you said already rich when a bass is hitting fleeing bait fish on the surface it's not like the bait fish is gonna stop if it's being chased. Having a follow up bait can be key cause I think it imitates if the bass had hit the bait fish and stunned it causing it to sink down slowly twitching. A senko or fluke would imitate that well I think. It has worked with me my wife fishes flukes a lot, she has caught a lot of fish that were a swing and miss on lures I was throwing.