I think it was a push, really know all kinds of people that decided to fish elsewhere this past weekend due to the can am so really don't think the lake was really hit any harder than any other weekend with the majority of the fish surviving the release. most of the fishng boats in my neck of the woods stayed in dockage all weekend.
as for mortality I would be really intrested to see which boats the dying fish came from. reason being never lost a walleye in my livewells in any temp, usually use my livewell aereator system to help fish recover they leave in bettershape then they come in, had a 34 inch walter the other day put in the bubbles for a couple minutes near jumped back in the lake after 5 minutes. and this with a older bass boat livewell system with updated pumps and such new ones even better.
tourney fishing can be fun and most competitors care greatly for the fishery and are amassadors for the sport, pointing fingers won't make it better or make it go away, but gives us the opprutunitty to develop ways to move forward