Otter House

I wanted to buy a 2 person shack about the LODGE size. But at cabelas I can get the Resort for cheaper than the lodge.
Is the resort just TOO BIG?
anyone fished out of both have pros and cons?
One bad thing is I was looking at the boat seat style house and the Resort XT at cabelas has the bench seat.

Its selling for 799.99 lodge is 949.99 !!!!!

Do you have a wheeler to pull it with? Also the resort your looking at is a 600-650 deniere I believe not 1200 like the pro models. The boat seats and higher thermal are pro features. The bench seats has the lower thermal.

Curtis Shumaker wrote:

Do you have a wheeler to pull it with? Also the resort your looking at is a 600-650 deniere I believe not 1200 like the pro models. The boat seats and higher thermal are pro features. The bench seats has the lower thermal.

X2 that….

Yea, the model that’s $799 is the XT Resort 600 denier. The XT pro lodge for $949 is the 1200 denier.

So in my opinion, the resort is alotta house to handle when your by yourself. The extra 5 square feet you gain of fishable area compared to the pro lodge might be attractive but unless your planning on holding a barn dance in it, not worth it.

I own a XT pro lodge 1200, seats are great and it is plenty big enough to handle alone and fishes extremely comfortably.

Hope that helps ya…

Thanks for the help guys…
Yes I do have a wheeler. But I just decided the resort was just too big.. Wont fit in the bed of my truck either so would need a bigger trailer for everything to ride nice. Just a pain for extra 5ft and some head room. When I go alone.. jeez Im pretty big and strong but I dunno…

Ended up getting a XT PRO LODGE for $699 through a “secret source” haha I think it was a pretty good deal.
The 1200 denier and the seats are what I wanted so Im a happy camper. Got it fully loaded with hyfax kit, cover , tow hitch, and caddy with tax for under $1000. Couldn’t pass that up.

Again many thanks for the input