One thing that will greatl inprove your fishing is creating bed sites. It is not rocket science, you just go out and get some gravel and put it in a certain area in a spot that you can easily fish. I have done this several times and it never fails.

Weed beds are where you'll find most bass beds unless you have a spring fed water flow that keeps the current moving and then rock rubble and sand is where they will be. Jamesti has it right, sand & weeds coming together would be ideal in a pond perferably close by some type of flow even if it's an aireator