After this performance... maybe I need to resign my commission...

NorthBeach · 05-16-10, 01:59 AM

Those conditions dictate patience. They're hearing the fish coming from a long way off.

I'd shadow them, and hope for any kind of weather (even wind, to whip up a chop, will help) to up the odds of success.

While you're out on the fringe, you might want to sprint out a bit, to give yourself some time to take a dip and find out where the thermal layer is. You could use that later, if conditions do not become optimal, to set up a sonar based vector analysis shot.

More than once, after tiring of waiting for "prime" conditions, I've used this approach. Set up a 60deg (or so) shot and wait under the thermal layer until just before the escort screen reaches my locaton (or, parallel to it). Timing it so that I can rise to a foot over max firing depth (based on the boat you're on) just before my first target is ripe.

05-16-10, 01:59 AM	#2
NorthBeach Torpedoman Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 112 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Those conditions dictate patience. They're hearing the fish coming from a long way off. I'd shadow them, and hope for any kind of weather (even wind, to whip up a chop, will help) to up the odds of success. While you're out on the fringe, you might want to sprint out a bit, to give yourself some time to take a dip and find out where the thermal layer is. You could use that later, if conditions do not become optimal, to set up a sonar based vector analysis shot. More than once, after tiring of waiting for "prime" conditions, I've used this approach. Set up a 60deg (or so) shot and wait under the thermal layer until just before the escort screen reaches my locaton (or, parallel to it). Timing it so that I can rise to a foot over max firing depth (based on the boat you're on) just before my first target is ripe.