Mercer just dropped an interview with Wes Logan talking about the incident 

 

 

As far as Ike goes he does give a lot back to the sport and I think his heart is in the right place. He is also highly competitive he basically gave away what 45k in entry fees this year? Yeah I’d be upset with my performance too. I guess I see it in a different light because I’d be the same way as him. Him not talking to anyone is better than blowing up at someone who doesn’t deserve it. How many times have any of us had a bad day at work and in collateral to that weren’t the nicest to someone else? They all pay to play so I don’t really agree with the they are professionals like an NFL or MLB star. You can talk to just about anyone and they know who Tom Brady is. You go outside of the small percent of people who actually care about “pro” fishing and nobody knows anyone other than maybe bill dance. 
 

As far as the boating accident I hate to say it but, things happen. When you do big long runs like those guys you can’t do it at slow no wake speed. They are fishing for a paycheck. He even said he was not doing 70mph like many have claimed.  Even at 30mph he probably would have not saw that coming. The damage may not have been as extreme but that is all unknown as well. 

 

It was also the day after a hurricane, a sailboat was sloshed onto land at the takeoff