Kokeking

Dumb guy confession well I checked out my slide diver and viewed the diagram for the proper rigging an discovered that I needed to turn the base around so the weight was in the forward position. Amazing how it worked properly when rigged correctly! With my standard Alaska dodger and spinner it pulled the rig down to 30 feet with a 60 ft setback at 2.5 mph with the diver set to go straight back. One problem is that the diver slipped back at that speed so I need to followup on some of the suggestions I have read on this forum.

Setting was straight behind. Just received large ring. Waiting for good weather that is not in the forecast for the next week to try out the large ring.

I'm a west coast guy and like the idea of using a slide diver. However when fishing for salmon in alaska I typically use a hoochie behind a 10 or 11 inch dodger. I use the same setup fishing for large bull trout near my home in central oregon but use down riggers that I don't have access to in AK. After catching my limit of kokanee (landlocked sockeye) last week I tried out the large slide diver without the larger ring with my typical setup. I found that as soon as I reached coho salmon trolling speed 2.5 mph the slide diver turned upside down and returned to the surface. Does the dodger create too much drag for the diver to work correctly at that speed? Will the addition of large ring make it work? I don't have the same problem with dipsy divers. Really would like to have a longer setback from the diver than is possible with the dipsy diver.