seen it both ways, usually I would put my house in a known area where fish are. in college my sweet crappie spot was 50 yards out from the point of shore line between a large pine tree and the boat ramp across the lake. had my house there many years in a row and always had good luck.
now-a-days I know lots of folks use GPS and go off mapping programs, summer spots and even guys who head out to the vicinity where fish are reported to be caught and "troll" their house to several locations before they settle on one and it will sit there most of the winter.
depends on the house one owns as well. now I have a small compact portable so I will go to several different reservoirs and fish many kinds of fish. depending on time/mood and weather.
others might have varying opinions, in my experience these are the ways we've done it in the past, or I've seen it done. YMMV
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