1. - To fish the ditch do you need to be able to hurl 4 oz. of lead clear across the canal and retrieve it without losing it? Will I lose every jig in my bag if I try and fish it? Should I just take a twenty dollar bill throw it in the canal instead of the jigs and start chunking? Does chunking work in the ditch?
Couldn't tell you because I don't jig the Ditch, yes chunking works..
2. - Why do I suck at fishing eels? I do just fine with plugs, but can barely manage a fish with eels. I want to fish them. I like the idea of fishing them. However, I usually finish the night empty handed with a sore back from casting the slimy freaks all night.
Fish 'em REAL slow. Chances are if you aren't getting bumps on eels, there are no fish there, OKOK, not exactly true - how are you fishing your eels
3. - I'd like to venture out to the backside beaches. Which one's have structure this year as my Nauset sticker only admits me to a big flat sand parking lot.
Structure is different out there, holes, bowls, and bars - can change almost weekly. Best thing to do is think North, go down at low tide during the day and see what the structure looks like 0 then fish at nights
4. - Where does BM live? I'd like to steal all his pikies and needlefish....
In a truck on the beach
5. - My regular fishing partners are all busy this weekend. If anyone would like to meet up and fish these backside beaches with me, that would be cool too.
Think Rhody, plenty of structure and it's the same distance as Eastham
6. - Why does my car smell different (ie. bad) now that I've been fishing a whole lot lately?
HiTech waders are BREATHABLE 
[
7. - Is it difficult to deal with braided line on a spinning reel? I've never used it, and it makes more sense to me.
I've only used it with smaller 8' rods on a 4K Stradic... But no problems
8. - I'm looking to pick up a conventional reel. Do they take a long time to get used to and cast productively? That "backlash" thing sounds like a real pain. Albeit, I don't even know what that "backlash" thing is, but it still sounds like a real pain.
Some people get it right away, some take a while (like me) and some never get it. Won't know until you try it 
Threaded Mode