Here's the deal...FOR me IN OPEN WATER..
I use my gps to get me to the spot, usually trying to coast up as quietly as possible. I then drop a marker and get the TM set up. I turn on my fishfinder and go back to the marker and start making circles wider and wider till I find my stuff. If it's close to where the marker is, I leave the marker and fish around it or to the left of it or 5 feet in front of it...depends on where it is in relation to the structure. If it's farther than I like from the orginal marker once I find it, I drop another marker and go back and pick the first one up.
I then vertically fish them with Jigs only. Sometimes with one jig, sometimes with 2 of different colors of course.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MARKER IN OPEN WATER...My 2 cents.