Haven't been snook fishing in days, only cuda fishing.  Barracuda may be one of the hardest fish I fish for to catch, need the right kind of tide, water condtions, wind direction and a lot of luck.  This week we have had those perfect conditions, doesn't mean they show up (a couple of days they didn't) they may follow my tube and not strike, or strike and miss the hook, or get hooked and cut you off in the pylons. I will cast for 1-3 hours and maybe get 1 actual strike, yesterday I had a bunch of strikes, 2 hooked one which instantly cut me off in the pylons and 1 on the deck.  A low catch rate, but this is about as exciting as gets for me.

barracuda is great to catch there is a place in miami called matheson hammock park (half the park floods on high tide lol) but on low tide the water is about 6-12" deep and me and my friend go walking and the little 1ft cudas hit the bait and come flying out of the water like a wahoo all day long...kinda sucks when you are trying to catch bonefish but whatever lol haha is fun on light tackle

Caught a 26" one off the docks at my place the other night. I'd been trying to catch the thing for weeks. I need to spend some time down at Ft. Pierce Inlet for em.

Caught a 26" one off the docks at my place the other night. I'd been trying to catch the thing for weeks. I need to spend some time down at Ft. Pierce Inlet for em.

If you don't mind I'll give you a few tips on catching them in an inlet, myself and about 6 other friends have been casting for them nearly everyday (when possible) for the last 10 years.  Catching them with live or cut bait isn't too difficult, we fish for them using surgical tubes, we all make our own as they are superior in quality to store bought, doesn't make them more effective.  The warmer the water the better and we are coming into the season for them, best conditions when fishing an inlet with artificial lures is clear, calm incoming tide with a west wind.  Barracuda like the tide change and usually start to appear about 45 minutes before the tide starts going out, the last 5 minutes they may be hunting like a pack of wolves, then it's over when the water gets dark.  What I described is the primo time but we catch them other times as well.  The tubes do not attract smaller fish, don't get many under 35" and most are over 40", but it's a slow go that takes a lot of patience.  IMO there aren't many fish around here that strike like a cuda, it's awesome and for me and my friends it's well worth the wait for them, at times I don't even see one for weeks. This is a pic of how I make my tubes, theory is a resemblance to a needlefish. 

i think sometime this week ill see if i can try this out ive never really caught a big cuda only some 12-15"  ones on the flats thanks for the tips

Outgoing tide for the most part later this week.  Today may be good as we have a calm west wind and tide will be coming in at about 6;00 am, I won't stay until noon for the change.  Days like today and tomorrow are some of my favorites as it's snook on the outgoing then toss for cuda on the incoming.  The mullet has been very thick coming thru the inlet at about 5:30 am the last few days, the run lasts 10 minutes and it's and it's done, not a lot of fish around as the greenies haven't showed up yet.  This has been the slowest in the last 30 years for me on artificial lures, I may take a bait rod today for the first time this year.