one thing i like to do is hunt close to "choke points" like the inlet to the keltic sea or the north channel just north of ireland. all of the convoys that are moving into St. Georges Channel have to pack in tight in these areas. a lot of it also depends on the year.
One of my favorite things to do in 1939 - 1940 would be to stalk in close to the eastern Brit coast... stay within about 100 nautical miles of the coast and there are numerous ships ruinning north and south along the coastal waters. this traffic goes away after they get smart to east coast operations after a while. the only threat is destroyers finding you in the shallow water, but when one is detected just stay slow and silent and give them a shallow profile and they usually wont even know you are there.
as the war progresses - especially in GWX you will find it harder and harder to engage shipping. By late war almost everything has radar on it, this will force you to remain submergerd almost every hour the sun is up. also - no more sneaking up on convoys on the surface undetected - you will have radar equipped destroyers on you in no time.
a good strategy i have success with is to run on the surface for about 8 to 10 hours with a good watch crew, then dive to about 40 meters at ahead slow until about 50% battery life, then up to the surface... repeat this and you will find something.
also - and this is kinda a cheat i guess - but i have noticed that when running on the surface at 1024 compression you can see the depth guage indicator needle bouncing with the waves quite quickly... the second this needle starts to lag and the game seems to get even the slightest little bit choppy - IMMEDIATELY puase the game and go to 1X compression - go to about 30 meters depth and be patient - some sort of contact is almost always there
happy hunting
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