2d raycast enemy detection problem.

So i've been trying to solve this problem for about 2-3 days now and no matter how many guides i look at i cant seem to solve it... i am making a 2D game and am trying to use raycasting as the enemy's playerdetection. i have commented the code and tried to make it as clear as possible so i am hoping someone could check it out and that the code speaks for itself. I included the whole code so the bottom section is most likely not a part of the problem since it's been working. Thanks in advance! /C# Newbie

 private Transform myTransform;//my (the enemy's)transform

 public Transform target;//The player't transform

 public int maxDistance;//detection distance

 public int moveSpeed = 3;//movement speed

 public int Direction;//direction of movement and sprite
 
 void Awake(){
     myTransform = transform;//init my transform
 }
 
 
 void Start () {
     GameObject go = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player");//init player


     target = go.transform;//init player transform
     
     maxDistance = 10;//init detectiondistance
 }
 
 
 void Update () {

     RaycastHit hit;//init raycast hit to store info about the object that was hit

     Debug.DrawRay(target.position, myTransform.position - target.position, Color.red); //debug ray to see the ray

     Ray detectionRay = new Ray (target.position, myTransform.position - target.position);//the ray that will be used (Ray2D doesn't seem to work)

     if (Physics.Raycast(detectionRay,out hit))//this is makes me kind of puzzled because it seems like im only asking if the ray is cast but idk.
     {
         Debug.Log(hit.collider.name+", "+hit.collider.tag);
         Debug.Log("NOOOOOOOOOOHIT");//even this doesn't seem to show up in console. kept this her because it would be a first step to get this one working.
     
         
         if (hit.collider.gameObject.name == "Player")//if the object that was hit goes by the name "Player" then:
         {
             Debug.Log("HIT");//write HIT
         }
     }



     //everything under here seems to work fine and are most likely not a part of the problem. pasted them too just in case.













     if (target.position.x > myTransform.position.x +1) {
     
         Direction = 1;
     } else if(target.position.x < myTransform.position.x -1){
     
         Direction = -1;
     }

     
     if(Vector2.Distance(target.position, myTransform.position) < maxDistance){
         //Move towards target
     
         myTransform.position += myTransform.right * moveSpeed * Direction * Time.deltaTime;
         

     }

     gameObject.transform.localScale = new Vector2 (Direction, 1);


 }