Zebco Slab Seeker Depth Locator Spinning Reel

[Daryl]

Anyone ever use one of these;undefined been thinking about getting one for my son.

[crappieken]

Daryl - There has been some discussion already on these reels. Go to the very top of the page and where is says "Search" type in Zebco Slabseeker and hit "go."

[crappster]

Yeah there have been quite a few negative experiences with them. I have two, but have not had the opportunity to fish them extensively.

[chaunc]

I used one this morning. They work great for me slow trolling. I set it on the first fish and keep it at that depth as long as i'm fishing that brushpile. I got 6 off the one pile today. When i move to a different pile, i reset it and start over.

[crappster]

I read in the current Crappie magazine, about one of the guides out west, Oklahoma I believe, using them. His name was in two of the articles.

[GABoy]

Yeah there have been quite a few negative experiences with them. I have two, but have not had the opportunity to fish them extensively.

I have had a negative experience with one for sure....I actually bought 6 of them about 2 months ago and pulled off the line that came on them and re-spooled them with the line I like then went out to try them out.....well on the FIRST fish I caught on one, I flipped the pin into place and began reeling it up....at which time the plastic pin broke. My first impression upon opening the box and re-spooling the line was that they appeared to be pretty cheap looking.....but, I wanted to use them first before making an opinion, I didn't buy it for the quality reel so I expected a little bit less on the quality considering the idea behind the reel.....but, my gut instinct was right and I broke it on my first fish.....that MIGHT have been a 1.25 lb fish....so, it wasn't huge.

Anyhow....I still kept one and returned the 5 others I had....I am not very happy with the product myself.