Cabelas line counter reel

Cabelas has line counter reels on sale for $35. Does anyone use these and are they OK or would you have been better off spending a little more?

Brother bought two and line counters failed on both. But that was a few years ago. No failures on any of our Daiwas with line counter. Go with Sealine and you will not regret it. Accudepth have held up too and they are a little cheaper.

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Cabelas has line counter reels on sale for $35. Does anyone use these and are they OK or would you have been better off spending a little more?

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I’ve had four. They are junk. Get the Sealine and you’ll never have to replace it.

that’s what i thought, thanks for the reply.

Cabelas brand reels are some of the biggest pieces of junk that I have ever seen. I have seen quite a number of the larger casting reels fail after only 1 or 2 days of salmon fishing. Cabelas is really starting to become a poor corporate citizen given the poor quality of a lot of their Cabela’s brand gear and the fact that they have ripped off a number of family business’s such as Reef Runner in the quest for corporate profits.

Cabela’s is a huge company but that is no excuse to produce poor quality products or to steal from the American family business.

Mine have all failed as well. I upgraded to Diawa Acupeths last year and the have been great so far. The AcuDepth is a good option if you cant afford the Sealines.

I got 2, haven’t had any problems yet but I would go with the Sealines

I have 4 out of 6 Depthmaster IIs that are still going strong after beeing reeled in thousands of times. There are better reels out there and I own some, but these reels are not junk. Some of the top walleye pros use these reels when they have thousand on the line, so they can’t be that bad.

I bought 6 10 years ago. 3 counters have failed, 3 still going.

I have several that have been in use for many years and have not had a failure yet. Yes, there are better reels out there but these have worked fine for me. I fish salmon once a year otherwise strictly walleyes.

I have 2 that are 3-4 years old and never had an issue – used mosly for leadcore. I also have Okumas hat are decent used for leadcore and lon lining. that said, I like my Ambassador Garcia 6500 LC’s the best

I have 4 Accudepths. Good reels.

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I have 4 out of 6 Depthmaster IIs that are still going strong after beeing reeled in thousands of times. There are better reels out there and I own some, but these reels are not junk. Some of the top walleye pros use these reels when they have thousand on the line, so they can’t be that bad.

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The walleye pros get to replace the junk reel with a new one every time the counter stops working or a gear snaps.

There’s a reason these reels are $35. They are a throw-away product. The fact that a small percentage of them hold up doesn’t make it a good product.

If you want to run the risk of having to replace it every year or two, get the Cabela’s reel.

I have four with no issues and a couple accudepths also with so issues. The diawas for sure have a better drag system, but for the money the cabelas reels are fine.