I went fishing in a C&R only lake in the Chicago area last evening. Had a pleasant time, caught a few gills and a bass and it was a very nice lake. I was reading the regs and it mentioned that hooks had to barbless and not stainless steel. I had seen the barbless restriction many times but it was the first time that I had seen stainless hooks banned. Just curious if anyone knows why they would ban them? Seemed odd to me that bait and treble hooks were OK as long they weren't stainless.