it is old school and is fine but
many like to use artificial bait and trick the fish into biting, so you need finesse equipment to do it and you are actually involved in the catching of the fish, many get a sense of accomplishment out of that
and in this area the regs are you need to be within 197 ft of your rods not 300 ft or you are breaking the law, so we never have to do a 100 yard dash. but .that might be why we are all fat and lazy down here ..LOL