You will when you get older.

Depends what your fishing for. Just start reeling and the fish will hook its self. Most people pull too hard and pull the hook out, especially bad with sea trout and their soft mouth.

Skin-so-soft with deet. Works and is good for your skin

Your post was fine. My reply was to redneck

The jumping fish are probably mullet, tilapia don't do that. Tilapia are grass feeders and usually don't bite anything. For the bass I would try live bait. If your pond is brackish you might have salt water fish there and live bait (shrimp white bait) would reveal them. Lived and fished in Florida for 45 years both fresh and saltwater

A sarcastic comment, but I understand. Power Pro is manufactured by Shimano and they are located in Japan. Not much difference. Most would like to buy American made but you tell me what company that would be. I figure I'm cutting out the middle man.

So now you're doing commercials. I buy my braid from China. So much cheaper and with the same qualities you want. You want to throw longer, downsize your line from 50 to 20 or even 12. All braid is thinner than mono and stronger. You're paying for the name if you buy Power Pro

We had red tide most of the summer that killed off many of the fish. Snook and redfish are catch and release if you can find them. Best places could be along the eastern shorelines in north matlacha pass. If you're new here your best bet would be trout fishing. Anywhere there is a drop-off in moving water, fish the drop-off. No one can predict where the fish will be and half the fun of fishing is exploring the water. Get a chart of Charlotte Harbor, it will keep you off the sand bars and show you likely areas to fish. Shrimp is the bait of choice this time of year and the fishing will be slow. Most of the larger game fish have moved South for the winter and won't return until April/May. Remember it's called fishing not catching so get out and enjoy the water.