Why a permanent?

[Mr.Seaguar]

I live in NW Iowa. There are a lot of permanents on the lakes I fish. I always just use portables. But whats the main reason for using them? Dont you want to be able to move? My buddy always wants to use one but I have been balking. Thanks

[SomethingFishy*]

Comfort is my main reason, fit a few people in there and play some cards whatch tv, drink, sleep, drink some more.

[lexingtonfisherman]

somethingfishy basically hit the main reasons right there. I can spend alot more time away from home in my permanent than i could in a portable. I have never slept in a portable, but im geussing its not as comfy as the full size mattress in my permanent. Plus you can wake up early, cook some breakfast, and you never quit fishin all night!

[LaZyDayZ]

It takes me all of about 1.5 minutes to have my shack ready to move to the next spot.

With todays drop down hitches and crank down houses moving is fast and simple.

I can spend days if not weeks in my shack and never need to leave the lake, well maybe to go to the liquor store and bait shop.

Dont get me wrong. I love my portable too but use it more so for early/late ice than anything else.

[Eckie]

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It takes me all of about 1.5 minutes to have my shack ready to move to the next spot.

With todays drop down hitches and crank down houses moving is fast and simple.

I can spend days if not weeks in my shack and never need to leave the lake, well maybe to go to the liquor store and bait shop.

Dont get me wrong. I love my portable too but use it more so for early/late ice than anything else.

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Plus, you don't have to take all of your gear out of the house like you do with a portable, then break the house down, hook it up (or load it into the truck), etc.

You simply crank up the house, move, set it back down -- done.

You don't even have to turn the heat off..

[SportFishin']

The main reasons:

#1 NFL Sunday Ticket

#2 The Mrs.is more comfortable

#3 Kids have someplace to change close after falling into holes

#4 Lazy Boy Chairs

#5 Cribbage/Poker with the buds.

#6 Makes a great Base Camp

#7 Where else can you get frisky with the Mrs. & be fishing at the same time?

Later,

Chris

[beer batter]

I'd never be able to spend near the amount of time on the ice with my kids if I didn't have a permanent. They'd either drive me nuts to the point of packing in a portable within a couple hours, or they'd whine until we left, once they got too cold after I kicked them outside the portable to play. Now I can kick them outside the permanent to play and let them come in to warm up and take a break every once in a while. Pop in a movie, cook up lunch for everyone, and wait for the rattle reels to go off.

Basically, like others said it's a convenience factor. It gets the whole family outdoors in the middle of winter for a whole weekend of good shear fun.

[love to hunt]

I fish Mille Lacs a bit and use the wheelhouse for a base camp. It is about a 1 hour drive for me in the winter so the wheel house serves as a good reason to spend the night.

I fish 2 1/2 mile or 4 mile reef in the mornings/evenings out of the wheel house and head to Shaws with the portable during the mid day for pearch.

It's all good.

[Ely Lake Expert]

I was going to explain, but after all those posts all I can really say is, I wish I could quote 7 people at once and "YUP"

[riverrat56]

Both serve a purpose, we built a skid house on the cheap and it doesn't have many of the comforts of some houses, but for a bunch of 16 year old kids it makes a nice place to go hang out on friday and saterday nights or to go out to after school and fish for a few hours. It's nice to be able to sit down, turn up the heater and fish and not to worry about setting up the portable.

If I am going out to fish hard and be mobile then I will stick to the portable, deffinatly catch more fish in the Frabill, but that may also be that the hardside is on the lake closest to town and not the best fishing lake.