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There is two main ways to get the buzz bait moving as soon (or shortly before) it hits the water. Ideally, it should start spinning as soon as it hits. Side arm cast, almost like you are trying to skip a long cast, point the rod straight ahead and extend arm forward, thumb spool an instant before lure lands, and start lifting the rod to 12 o'clock as spool is engaged, then work rod back to about a 45 degree angle or so.

For numbers, a popper with a buzzbait not too far behind. But I will go with other things if the day calls for it.

No favorite size, I use 1000-3000 depending on what I'm doing, and on rare occasions a 4000. Right tool for the job.

Too easy. [Insert your own hanging mother-in-law framed portrait with fluoro here]

I like really well broken in braid better than fresh stuff out of the spool, but one thing that happens, which is more noticeable with light spinning outfits is that gunk and junk from the water will collect on it and cause it to get sticky when dry, not so much an issue if one is fishing often, but if the reel sits around the first few casts can be a chore. That reminds me, gotta clean my 7w fly line.

G Loomis' limited life time warranty has never been transferable.

Lower gear Ratio, longer handle, and bigger knobs, proportional to the size and depth of the cranks I'm fishing.

Because he is an American sporting goods consumer. I get the type in the bike shop all the time, bike in hand. I let the conversation get interesting before jumping over the top rope and tagging one of my sales guys WWE style. Makes my day.

Nothing striped bass counts...

Yup, that applies to most fish.

As far as bass go, I don't really know, I don't keep track what rod/reel I catch with. I don't find a correlation between price and catching. I do know that my PB came on my wife's 6' Med Compre with a 2000 Stradic (The one with the wooden handle) and 6 lb XL. I still have a salt water solid fiberglass 2 piece spinning boat rod with a wooden butt that I bought at TSS (for yus New Yokers) in I want to say mid 70s or so for very little money, and it caught so many things big and small paired with a South Bend spinning reel (Penn Greenie knockoff), ah memories...

My Honda uses 0W20, and I find it calms down hyped bearings nicely.

There are two really good tackle shops in Ocean City, they can hook you up with what you need as well as point you in the right direction. The tackle and lure suggestions above are all good.

My frog reel has bearings (I think they are still there) that are no where near round or smooth. I can feel a bit of crunching in there, casts frogs as far as I would ever want to. Bearings make little difference with larger lures. As far as smaller stuff, there is certainly such a thing as too fast. Bearing start up and slow down is the first form of braking that is often overlooked. A more viscous oil is the right choice a lot of the time. Of course one could always turn that knob on the side plate some, no?

Fluoro is as fluoro does...

That is a loaded question. Are you going to get fewer bites with braid or more bites with fluoro because of the visibility of the lines? No. Are you going to get more or less bites with one or the other depending on conditions and the mood of the fish? Very likely. Assuming the usual 20-40 lb braid, the same lure fished the same way, on the same rod/reel (different conversation as to whether that is possible or not) is going to behave differently due to line stretch, and water resistance, (the buoyancy thing is overrated) and that will potentially cause a difference. Of course if one is aware of the differences, one can fish them differently to achieve the same action and placement in the water column.

Those are indeed Tomic plugs, the numbers on the lip are the give away, the numbers actually describe the colors in a much too cryptic way, reminds me of SSIC. As someone mentioned above, there were a few manufacturers making them and calling them different things. They are still being made, and while originally salmon trolling lures, they catch other things as well. I've caught, striped bass, bluefish and flounder. Tuna like them too, but the hardware isn't up to the task.

I've heard of tennis elbow, but fishing finger is a new one. I find too small a reel actually is what causes hand fatigue for me when I fish long days in a row, specially as I get older.

All of this to catch some fish? It's not that hard.

Same.

Even a Pop Max?

A decent balcony ticket to The prisoner of 2nd Avenue...

I didn't open the link, no need, right spot.

"I love my reel that works great except that"... One normally needs to attend a good performance of a Neil Simon work to experience sadness and humor intertwined just so, Author!, Author!

Snakeheads.