Check List

It occurs to me that every time I am in a hurry to get out fishing, I seem to forget something. And today was no exception. After closing out our positions for the day and a few phone calls I was off. I had the whole day, no phones, no markets and no bad weather. Time to go fishing and hopefully beat the noon time convection winds.
Since it was dead flat, I decided to run over to Bayport to catch some whitebait. I spent about 30 mins looking, but never saw any. I picked up some mud minnows on the way back to centipede bay. Took my time getting in to the back of the bay, casting a few lures on the way. Final anchored up with a few lines out and ready for a tasty cold beverage, only to find the cooler was empty! Where's the drinks, where's the food and more importantly where's the ice. As it turns out I left a bag full of ice, food and drinks hanging on the back of the dinning room chair. That's a trip ender, reeled up the lines and went home to clean up the mess.

All of this could have easily been avoided by a simple check list (mental or paper).

Check list.... check!