I grew up fishing spinning reels and threw top water as a majority in the summer. It can be done as long as the bait size matches your set up. A 6.5 foot medium to medium heavy rod with spinning reel and 8-10 pound co-poly or mono is a great set up for it. It would also be good for drop shotting and using any kind of shakey head presentation. I still think 14-15 pound mono would be too stiff for many of your lure choices. Might consider saving money on a spool and going to get ur reel spooled at a bait shop like I mentioned earlier. Ideally for me with the two set ups and baits u have mentioned I would be fishing 12 pound co-poly on my baitcaster and 10 pound fluoro on my spin cast. That should cover the baits u have mentioned for the most part.