You’re on the right track.good rod holders help a lot, I use Hi-Tek extremes which allow me to have rods straight out the side and not lose them when 10lb catfish hit them. I said I used baitcasters but they weren’t expensive ones, about $20 each. Smooth bearings and drag is all that’s needed. The long rods got a hard cast, the middle one just an average cast and the short one a light cast. That got me enough separation that kept me catching fish and not untangling lines. You’ll be able to look at where the lines hit the water and see if they’re too. Lose together and adjust accordingly. A few colors; solid pink, and not all are created equal, solid black, chartreuse with a glitter purple back( bill norman makes a good one).