Applying glitter definitely attractive to fishes. I also shared my mine, if you add scents to your plastic baits it will also attract fishes. Hopefully, you can try to add scents.

Guys, you made a great job. Plastic baits definitely better than natural baits. It's been a long time when I mold also my own plastic bait and my catch ratio is improving.

Got out from 6:15 pm to full on dark last night.  Put in and paddled up.  Caught 14 fish with 9 of them (and the biggest around 15.5") coming on a 3/8 ounce buzz bait in chart/white.  Rest came on a 4.5" Case Magic Stick deadsticked.  Water was as clear as I have ever seen it and it was gorgeous out on the water.

 Keep your camera handy when you do cause your going to have rapid fire Kodak moments.You may even want to bring an extra person just to take photos. "ENJOY"!

Scott and I spot hit on the Susky yesterday.  We actually had current!  Rain up on the North Branch a few days back had the river stained somewhat.  3/4 oz spinnerbaits smashed right into the whitewater of the chutes produced several nice ones including an 18.5 incher.  Another 18 incher hit a tail hooked beaver style bait paused and dragged near a ledge rock boulder - the shady side.  Scott made friends again with the rattletrap, catching a few in the 15 - 16 inch range.

Today I took the boys through Seneca Breaks for the first time.  That place was a playpen for me in my infancy of development as a kayak fisherman.  I worked that water every day in the month of May more than a decade ago.  It taught me so much.  It's cool to come back to it with a fresh set of eyes, but knowing every crevice.  We didn't catch much of size, a 15 or so at the largest, but numbers were good.  We had a rotation of Cooper reeling in 2, then Sawyer was up for two.  Sawyer has been after me to be in his own boat, so it's about to get crazy, 'cause I'm gonna give him what he's asking for.    He certainly has the energy for it.

I gather that this is mostly a mid-Atlantic forum.  However, if anyone is in NW PA, please drop me a line.  The Allegheny can confound you.  Another guy I floatfish with says, "This river is a different creature"

Jeff Kelbe tells me he has never seen lightning strike the river,  but has seen it hit the trees, so he has everyone get low and keeps rowing.  Well, F-Dat.  I'm fortunate in a way on the Allegheny. It's an 'entrenched' river. I'm thinking the New is much the same.   It cuts down some 400-600 feet below the Allegheny plateau, so you are almost in a trench of sorts.  You're not out in an open valley like when an east coast river comes through a water gap.    There is almost always a steep hillside along the section of the river you're on  When a creek is coming down a steep hill, it usually cuts a narrow slot.  I have gotten up into these where is gets narrow and deep and leaned the kayak over my head.  It is almost like I'm down in a hole. And I feel a lot better and safer in there.  Showers aren't horrible, rain kinda sucks and lighting: NO WAY.  I'll watch it all day from hard cover, but not out in the open. 

Hit the James the past couple of Sundays.  Fishing has been solid with lots of good fish - but no real monsters.  Fish have been stacked in the current with scattered bigger fish being in the slacker areas.  Most of our fish were taken with Case craws and magic sticks.  The last 2 Sundays over 18 miles and 1 canoe is all we saw literally.  Got to love that.  Every fish was in perfect shape - less a handful with scars.  James is fishing very well with the quality of fish being much improved over the last 2-3 years.

My Cuz does duct work and brings me closed cell foam pads about 1" thick used to wrap and insulate (heat/cool & noise) ducting.

He gave me a sheet, which I cut out pieces in the shape of my seat.  Cheap & if I loose one, I just cut out another.

Toby and I were hoping to have a good day on the Staunton.  We left Clarksville at 5 AM and headed to the take-out point in Brookneal.  We dropped a truck and headed to a put-in on private land for the 4 mile float.  As soon as we unloaded the kayaks we knew we might be in for a rough day.  The river was running a little higher than normal and pretty fast.  The river was probably at 6.8' when we started the float and topped out at 7.35' by the time we got off the water.  With the water rising almost a foot in a 4 hour period fishing was tough to say the least.  After dumping once right by the put-in I retrived all my gear and we continued down stream.  Toby pulled off next to a small creek that was dumping into the Staunton and managed the only fish of the day one a Bandit 200 series crankbait dragged down the slow current seam between the creek and the main river.  It was a nice smallie in the 16"+ range and to be the only one landed during our trip.  We both used a variety of lures and fished pockets in eddies as well as some faster moving water.  With the clarity around 6" and the rapidly rising water the fish were just turned off.  Toby must have put that crankbait right in front of the one on the current break.  It was a great day to be on the water but conditions did not allow for a decent bite.  All in all though a day on the water is better than the alternative.