Hope I'm not too late, but Huntington is pretty slow unless you can get out to where the fish are. Perhaps the cold weather has drawn them in closer to shore, now.
I caught one pretty tiger last time I was there (3hrs) with a minnow about 20ft out from the middle of the dam.
I think that throwing hardware might keep you busier, but the end result may be smaller fish. With a tube, I think I would've done much better.
E. Lake is best from the dam. Otherwise, you're in really soft mud and really bad moss. Once again, minnows have worked the best for me from shore. From a boat (thanks Orvis1),towing a criplure (sp) behind a dodger with RMT smelly jelly worked pretty well.
The better fish will come out of Huntington. I think they're building a boat ramp there, right now...By the dam.