I feel your pain.I too missed out this season.No first ice,no last ice,no dropping items through the hole,no getting stuck in the snow,no freezing fingers,no new PB,no new honey holes found,no new lakes tried,no expensive bait dead or frozen ,no broken rods,no money spent on shiny new jigs,no batteries to charge,no blades to dull,no lost gear,paid for my girl friends annual license that didn't get used,could hardly find a fish report,no falling on glare ice,no heart pounding when going through slush over 40 feet of water,no quality time spent with the local CO.Man, it was terrible.Tight lines next winter!!