As an outsider I was under the belief that many of those lake water levels keep rising. You hear and see all the time sonar tutorials and such online with old road beds on DI or SI.
Not saying its right, but seems only sensible if a new road under water should be “fixed” to allow access to new waters if its there. And a tourney might just be a scapegoat for the cause. I’ll wait for more details since the article had very little to go off of.
From a business standpoint to get the machines needed to achieve such a venture, on a tourney you may or may not win, with fish holding in strictly the area you gained access to, doesn’t make sense to me. I very well could be wrong.