Although I don't have alot of experience with splake, There is a lake near my families hunt camp stocked with them, when there, there is two spots we fish. One is a 40' dropoff, very close to shore, the other is a submerged point. If we don't catch anything on one spot within a couple of hours, we go to the other. We always catch fish when we go there. Usually the dropoff is the better spot. Hope this helps.