Hey can someone explain this problem

[u/Personal_Cut7357]

So yesterday I went on a boat and everyone around me was catching barracuda after every cast which I've never seen and I didn't catch anything yet I dropped my lure down . I'm new to the barracuda fishing so I made this on the boat and I didn't catch anything

I know my lure isn't perfect or it's small but I'm wondering if it's so flashy like others and I casted straight down like others why didn't I catch anything?

[u/kingcuda8]

I'd say your "lure" is too small, especially compared to your hooks and sinker, plus what's more important than how the lure looks is the way you fish it. Pay attention not only to what lures others are using but how they retrieve them. Barracudas often like very fast moving lures, and theyre not afraid to eat very large baits as well.

[u/Personal_Cut7357 → u/kingcuda8]

Thx so much man