I have noticed as they come towards you that if you go BACK 1/4,1/2,full, and flank that they tend to drop the DC's where your spotted on sonar and they assume your going forward. I have escaped many times by going in reverse as they come near then resuming forward momentum ...
and yes deeper the better.
Screw what the gauges say ... engineers are always conservative on paper and gauges ... push the limits ...
Or would you rather be sitting back in Pearl??
