Winter Time Check Lists

This Is A Whole Different Method Of A Check List When Doing The Hard Water Check Lists Before Fishing And It Always Seems That You Forget Some Thing Anyway. What Is Your Method Of Preparing For Your Ice Fishing Or Just Plain Old Winter Fishing Any Were.

Well, my tent stays in my pickup topper mostly all winter, along with a shovel and my little chair. Grab the auger and make sure it's got plenty gas, usually I start it and warm it up a little before I leave home. Get the heater and an extra bottle of propane. My poles, skimmer, cleats and tackle all stay in a bucket. Grab a chew can of waxies, and some minnows if I got em. Grab the camera, cell phone, stop at Pronto and pickup a couple sodas and something to munch on, and I'm good to go. Course I still forget something once in awhile. Oh yeah, the Vexilar stays inside where it's warm, then it goes in the bucket too.