RT a lot of the answers to your questions depend on the depth of your pond's thermocline in summer. Most structures should be above the thermocline as fish can't go/stay there in summer. Eight feet is a good general guess for pond stratification in southern ponds , but each one is different. However some cover should be from bottom (10-12 ft or deeper) to top(or close) for fall , winter and spring fish structure. Most all spawning in southern ponds is in less than 6 ft of water.

With that in mind :

Area 1 and the points/slopes NE (upper left)of the pic ( lighter brown dirt area) from Brettski's should be good for BG and LMB spawning. Pack that area down hard and if you have sand or gravel that would be a good place to put some.



Areas 4 ,5 and 6 are good. Area 5 is going to be a good place to fish. The ridge just right of ML's should be a good spawning place as should the top of the mounds. Make them packed also and add sand and or gravel if available.

A little brush or tree limbs in those tires would help. You may need to put more weight on that pallet they are hard to keep down until water logged. Some brush or xmas trees (thick cover) near spawning areas are good for yoy fish to hide in.

Here is a link to how we do xmas tree pile that go from bottom to top in deep water.

http://www.pondboss.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=000186#000002