Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 54; Flight Crew Total 5616; Flight Crew Type 2576
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC; Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related
Vectored between ZZZZZ and ZZZZZ1 for an ILS into ZZZ with the weather just a lot of smoke. ATC pointed out VFR traffic to our 9 o'clock. We finally saw it over the lake the left of the LOC doing chandelles or lazy 8s and it showed that the traffic was within 200 ft. of our altitude. No RA nor TA ever occurred. ATC asked if we wanted to take a heading away from the traffic. Just before we saw it we clicked off the AP and turned right and slight up.
Air carrier Captain reported a NMAC on final with a small aircraft preforming maneuvers near the localizer.