This time friday night ill have already been on the bank of the New River for a couple of hours. Im packin my .45 colt revolver with snake shot and my 12 gauge with buckshot, im bringin at least 8 poles, some lanterns, bugspray, and hopefully ill get a fire built. i was gonna bring a sleeping bag but i dont think it would be of much use considering 1. im prolly not gonna sleep that much, and 2 i dont want some big ole rattler to get to comfy with me. im gonna use a variety of baits, most likely live bluegills or chubs, cut bait, nightcrawlers, and prolly some chicken livers packed in panty hoes (seeing that my father insists that they'l work) ive staked out a nice spot on the bank where a stream dumps into the River at a pretruding point on the bank. its nice and sandy so my pole holders should work great. the river also funnels a bit at that section so i think it will we a good spot for cats. its about 250 yards upriver from a set of rapids, and im guessing its anywhere from 40-60 ft deep in this section. im probobly gonna start out with 4 onces of weight and adjust from there, ive never fished the new river but it looks to me like its got a good bit of current, yet im not real sure what the undertow is like. and hook wise im prolly either gonna use a size 8 gamakatzu circle hook or a rather large Mustad "J" hook. im not plannin on getting skunked anymore, i think this place has a lot of potential and hopefully it will produce for me this trip. so with that ill ask if anyone has any last minute advice for me before i head out on this trip. Any advice at all on gear, tackle, equipment, how im goin about this, bait, and other stuff i might need i really appreciated. Thanks a bunch! 

hah yea man, its sounds like a plan, now lets just hope it works!

haha so how do you propose i catch a live rattlesnake?

I just stand on their heads while whacky rigging them in the middle,,ya gotta be careful thou and not fill up the gap on your circle hook, I really think its the rattles that attracts the big cats, somewhat similar bass bait rattle mechanisms

 So the suspense is killing us. How did you do?

I DID NOT CATCH A SINGLE THING!! IN FACT I DIDNT EVEN GET A BITE! i think i might have some kind of bad luck omen over my head. or im doing something wrong that i havent picked up on or noticed yet. i got down to my spot around 8p.m. and fished till 2:30a.m., we used chicken livers, live red eyes, cut up bluegill, and nightcrawlers, and not even one bite. then sunday night i went down to fayette station under the New River Gorge Bridge and fished there with the same exact baits and everything and yet again, i got no bites. in fact i just got back from fishing again this evening in the chickahomony river at my house. and freakin nothing! i dont know what im doin wrong fellas. enlighten me! do i need to go to church and pray or somethin cause its kinda feelin that way! please guys im in tears here! all i want to do is catch a fish!!!!!      

Get some dynamite, jk, sounds like the luck I've been having.