We have new bait laws here in Vermont too. From what I gather no more getting your own minnows and if you buy them it has to be from a dealer that gets them from a certified disease free source. It will certainly cost more for minnows now. The minnows you do buy can't be used the day after you initially use them. I guess you are supposed to dump them out in the garbage after your fishing trip. No more using dead salted minnows to attract large perch. I used to buy a quart of either pin heads or perch minnows and take them home and pour salt into the bucket. It kills them, gets the air out of their bladders so they sink and you can put them in a baggie and take them out on the ice. Throw a few into the hole every once in a while and they sink pretty fast. It really brings in those big perch schools that feed on the bottom in the winter. This VHS thing will probably end up stopping our commercial pan fishing here.