Newbie looking for advice

[meatface]

I'm certainly not having an easy go of things. I went down to the Whirlpool in the Niagara River this evening for a couple hours. My buddy had just been there a few hours before and said he was hammering largemouth bass. I never had a single hit. It was my first time there so I was trying just about everything in my box as I've heard that the whirlpool produces just about every species known. There were 5 or 6 other guys down there and there seemed to be no action at all. I'm getting a little discourages as every time I go out I'm getting skunked.