imo
Sorting the areas is different
winter usually means less anglers on the bank to disturb so you can find areas to target no one to spot what you are doing and finding etc
find where the sun hits first,Midday etc. and then use those as the possible likely areas after the freeze when it happens
and if it doesnât ??
you have done the hard part at the crappiest fishing time (for humans) anyway so you can then concentrate on the catching đđ