Pond fishing

[Randy]

I do a lot of my fishing at ponds/small lakes in Brampton, I live in Mississauga but don't know of any ponds worthwhile nearby. I've been fishing for a few years and usually just cast anywhere in a pond, recently I've started to understand fishing closer to underwater structure. However, in many of the ponds I fish you can't really see any structure such as fallen trees and a lot of the time I don't even see much vegetation also. When fishing ponds/small lakes from shore, what should I look for when deciding where to cast or is it just a matter of fishing everywhere until I discover where the fish hold?
Also I've noticed many of the members here are from the area North of Toronto, is there anyone in the Peel region or willing to travel here that would like to fish an urban pond nearby? Maybe have an OSF meet?