My yard is a hockey rink - frozen boilerplate from one side to the other - my dogs were doing 360's first thing this AM...
Nearly took a digger myself - slow and easy does it, I guess til the thaw, whenever the hell that may be -
"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.