Some Early Spring Help Requested

[Snake2715]

Hey everyone,

I will try to be complete and to the point here.

Last year I missed the spawn period and basically I want in on the action. I am in Mid Michigan and fish a few bodies of water. The closest two are a stream, and a state park lake.

The state park lake is 410 acre man made. It has a range of fish:
Lake Ovid has proven to be a very popular fishing lake with a wide variety of fish such as muskie, largemouth and smallmouth bass, bluegill, sunfish, crappie, rock bass, perch, catfish and bullheads.

It ranges from depths of about 14-16 feet. Their is a contour map here:

http://www.michigandnr.com/publicati...ContourMap.pdf

I do have a few boat options but for the next week or two I will be fishing from shore.

I have been out 3 times so far for about 1-3 hours each. The latest being last night. I have had bites the most recent two outings and didn't turn up any fish.

The water temp as of last Saturday was about 45 degrees. Its somewhat stained I haven't been able to get a guess on visibility as its been windy the last couple of outings and rained on and off enough to keep the water from clearing up.

My few bits have come maybe around 7-8 pm (just getting dusk) and seem to be around brush or weedy areas on plastics.

My questions are as follows...

A) Am I too early at this point?
B) I have been eager to jump right in fishing plastics should I be fishing spinners or the like during the next couple weeks instead?
C) Are certain times of day or evening better right now?
D) How do I know when the spawning occurs or has started? Or are there even an sure tell signs of this?

Thanks for any response.