[Gerry Zagorski]

Yes - conventionals are the way to go for bottom fishing... The reasons being, you need to keep your pole tip and line with just enough slack in it to feel bites and then a quick lift of the rod tip for a good fast hookset and to lift the fish out of the wreck.

It can be done with spinners just not as easily.

The issue is it's more difficult to balance and hold a spinning set up the correctly and more importantly, spinning rods are designed for casting. They have a soft whip like tip which helps for casting but it works against you when you need to get a good quick hookset and to horse the fish away from the wreck. T

Best of luck to you and the girls bottom fishing Pajay.