For our October/November sail we had a lot of large barracuda on rigged ballyhoo and some bonito tuna action on Williamson surface lures. You can buy the Williamson as a set of six lures.
We did all of our fishing in the USVI and SVI. Lots of action between Culebra and St. Thomas as well as good action on the north side of St. Thomas. We did not try for any of the drops. The BVIs are a hassle to fish and you need to get offshore to catch much.
We typically run some combination of trolling rods and handlines with shock absorbers. Two rods and a handline are doable while towing a dinghy. The handlines we use are 100' WaayCool.
