I looked into this before our trip to St. Martin last June. I never planned on reef fish due to the ciguatera possibility.
I brought along my
gear, but never unpacked it, because we only had a week and there were only a few interesting looking drops that would have consumed much of a day trolling. However, there was one around the west side of
Anguilla that I would have liked to troll if there was time. I didn't troll when sailing open
water to Anguilla or St. Barts because the bathymetyr did not look productive (No steep drops)
What I have had the most success with is cutting a couple rods and installing ferules so I could take them down and fit in my duffle for flying in. Much easier for fighting fish than dealing with handlines and bungie cords, at least for me.
Trolling ballyhoo has been much more successful for me than the artificial lures, but cedar plugs, spoons, skirted lures, squids etc can
work too. Finding ballyhoo to buy can be difficult, but if you know how to rig them with wire or can buy them rigged, it may be worth it. (See Youtube for rigging)
Don't eat the barracuda (ciguatera) but other pelagics should be ok.
If I can find the thread I started on this I will post a link.
BSer