Suckers and chubs

Do you actually fish for them or are they just a "bonus" when you fish?

I think, inch for inch, a sucker is every bit the equal of a rock bass as a fighting fish...

When the bass rivers and streams I fish in BradCo get low and pretty much all the fish queue up in the pools, I catch a lot of suckers on dead drifted fur leeches while fishing for smallmouth. And judging by how the fish are hooked, the takes are deliberate.

Some of them are pretty formidable, up to 21-22".

They aren't bass, but they give a decent account on themselves on a 5 or 8 wgt. rod.

I don't mind catching them, and overall would rate the experience as far better than a punch in the junk, but not quite as good as a MTO Sheetz  double hotdogs with saurkraut, diced onions with yellow mustard!