slide diver question

[Kokeking]

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.

[jdh]

Try it with the large ring.  What offset setting/number are you using?  The more it's set to pull to the side, the more likely it'll flip over.

[Kokeking]

51 minutes ago, jdh said:

Try it with the large ring.  What offset setting/number are you using?  The more it's set to pull to the side, the more likely it'll flip over.

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.