bigturtle

the spool on all my baitcasters wobble from side to side about 1mm. Once its that way, i never touch the spool tension again, i just adjust my brakes.

7/0 Owner oversized worm hook. This is the hook i use for big ribbontail worms, oversized flukes, straight tail worms and senkos.

I like my zebco spincast

Dont remember

Sail sells rod gloves

I dont think iv had any issues with any of my swimbait hooks piercing, and iv used it all. Mustad, owner, gamakatsu, vmc, daiichi, no problem with hooksets. Iv only switched to owner because i was bending out some of them.

Not really

I use owner st-41

barely pull and break? sounds like your knot is bad

Destroyer X7 Diablo Fastmove

Iv always wanted a top of the line megabass rod. Now i have 3. Next up are evergreen and daiwa.

I use the plastic fish grips all the time for bass

I use skirts with lots of flakes in them during sunny days. it minics the flash of a baitfish's scales

Went for some zone 20 lake O bass.

Green pumpkin, black/blue and junebug are all i really use.

I set mine on with 1 on 3 off and 1 on the dial. I cast noticeably shorter than my zillion sv, but its an acceptable distance

I went as well and grabbed a few of the arashi deep 10s for $2.99 each from the clearance bin

If you are on a boat, i dont think it matters. From shore, i prefer the straight edge because its easier to lead the fish into it

I have the KastKing net. I've netted 30lb carp with it no problem with the largest size. This net is slightly larger (like an inch or so wider net) and deeper (a few inches deeper) than the BPS version. It is also very light.

I only use fluoro as leader, so pretty often I have a friend who has 2 reels with full fluoro and he spools the same fluoro backwards after a year, and completely change it once every 2 years.

get yourself some dipping dyes and color the soft plastics yourself

did you wet your knots and draw them tight slowly?

do you like apples or oranges

maybe you can give the fish arrow huddlejack a try

you should be ok with lures up to 3/4oz, maybe even 1oz on that rod. you can always just try it out yourself. keep throwing heavier stuff until it feels uncomfortable