If there are other boats out, try to learn from them to shorten your learning curve. Trolling and covering water is also good, marking electronics if you have them and paying attention to depths of water when you see some and how deep the fish mark in relation to the bottom. I used to drift when there was wind and have a few rods over the side as i did and fan cast a jig also. Found some nice fish that way. Good luck to you, hope you find enough to get you interested.
Creativity is just intelligence fooling around