slippedona...
I can answer your question about the barbless regulation on the skok. I was one of the few people the warden checked last friday and I asked him about it and he told me it was because a lot of fish get snagged there and the easiest way to release them was without a barb. I still find it kind of akward to have that rule knowing that you don't have to release wild fish in there or anything.

p.s.- make sure to obey the rules I saw 4 people ticketed for having barbs and some of them weren't even fishing.