Look through events on Facebook. You can usually find some this time of year. A license can be purchased for a single day online if you don't want one that covers a full year for open water fishing as well. You can get a few cheap traps at Mardens. They are in the very back row right now, one shelving unit up from the shoes. Then you just need someone to drill you a hole.

City may have a set time on the ban but that doesn't mean the plow drivers have everything fully cleaned up. If you're in the way, you suffer the consequences.