Gidday all,
Pissed about pot theft also- but lets not go there.
My thought is the ink idea but bave the bomb placed in the float activated then the float is pulled hard - ie hooking the rope with the gaff and then pulling it into the boat. That is more force than the best of wake or waves surely.
to counter not wanting to get inked yourself have a second loop in the rope that you can safely gaff and pull into the boat without the ink explosion.
simple yet effective.
I know nothing about ink bombs but surely it couldnt be too hard to set up- could it?