. A surface feeder the barracuda is rarely caught deeper than 100 feet. The main diet is anchovies and other small fishes and large barracuda are very rare with 5 to 10 pounds most common. Most barracuda are caught with either hard lure like rapala. When using hard lures be prepared to loose a lot of rigs to the barracudas razor sharp teeth. When using bait either line or use a sliding sinker. A lot of bait fisherman use a wire leader with the only drawback being less bites. Hard lures are typically cast out and retrieved slowly with a change of speed often getting a strike by the barracuda. When fishing hard lure for barracuda the most often used colors are most beautiful and light colors combination or have chrome in them .Please use barb hook type as treble hooks do damage to the barracudas mouth. The barracuda is a great conservation story and releasing short fish with damaged mouths will not help their future. A good trolling for fishing barracuda would be from 6.5 feet to 8 feet with a reel able to handle 200 yards of 20 to 30# test.