Chef - I've got the poly liners and yeah, they do make a difference with neoprene gloves.
I got my liners at the Army-Navy Surplus Store on Thames St and they were pretty inexpensive as I recall - they sell Grundens stuff there, too.
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.