Spot Bomber
Submitted by squidder on Mon, 2016-04-04 07:49
Having a quiet drift yesterday when this wanker veered off his course, circled us continually, DID NOT FISH but continually circled then drove towards some other boats in the distance.....by the way, this was off Bunbury.....
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Bluedog
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Wankers. They get a fair bit
Wankers. They get a fair bit closer than that where I fish!
dodgy
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Is that you Tim? Haha
Is that you Tim?
Haha
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Tim
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Nope
Willlo
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was that you on the radio
was that you on the radio yesterday was a bit of talk re spot bomber's and apparently a dive boat setting up camp on a spot already being fished. Did you get any fish?
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squidder
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NO
that was not me, there must have been another victim out there.........
rigpig
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salmon hunters
A lot more of it happens when the salmon come on in Cockburn Sound etc. People scream up on you to have a gander to see if you are on to the salmon and once one boat stops you end up having 20 around you in 15 minutes. I don't mind as the salmon are on the move and you do have to chase them. If you are way offshore then it is certainly a spot bomber.
Subaquatic
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It was me. You were on my
It was me. You were on my spot. I did 3 laps, but you wouldnt piss off, so I went elsewhere.....;-)
Seriously though, I had the same problem at Rotto Yesterday. This prick pinged me, and tried to hide......wanker wouldnt even answer on VHF16
Perry Home
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Really?
That's a great effort with boating ettiquette.
D_d_001
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hahaha maybe the "wink" was
hahaha maybe the "wink" was too subtle.
D_d_001
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"smile and wave boys"
maybe we should have a yearly prize for the photo of the closest "pinger".. would be sort of a consolation prise for being "bombed"
mallesh
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Honestly I don't care about spot bombers
Fisho's who knows what they are doing won't do this
The pingers don't have a clew most of the time. They don't know what you are fishing for or what rigs to use and most importantly they can't read sounders.
I will say good luck and move on or keep fishing and don't show them what I am pulling up.
Some times they win but most of the times not.
So nothing to stress about.
Keep Fishing. Stay Relaxed.
crano
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Came up from an exploratory
Came up from an exploratory dive in 33m off bunno on wednes day in time to see a boat race straight towards us until about 50m away did a u turn and pissed off.
Glad it wasnt a good spot
barracuda
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Yep I saw him too
we where out there yesterday it looked like he raced around to all the boats you could see, us included
devhay
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Salmon season..
Sounds more like he was cruising around to see if anyone else was onto a school of salmon