...The usual situation typically consists of a flock of birds feeding in one direction, constantly dipping into the water just ahead or directly on top of feeding kahawai. So if it’s kahawai you want, cast just ahead of the moving birds and retrieve your lure at a medium pace just below the surface.

If it’s snapper you want though, try and imagine the snapper doodling behind and below the feeding kahawai; cast your lure just behind the feeding birds and ensure your lure spends more time in the bottom third of the water column. Keep on fishing for five minutes or so after the birds have moved through, and often you will catch the snapper straggling behind the kahawai and feeding on work-up scraps.

Kingfish require a different strategy. They hang out around the edges of the working birds and a bit deeper down, so cast just to the outside of the birds and work your lure about halfway down using a medium to fast pace. If the lure stops and you feel a heavy weight that does very little for a few seconds, it could be a large kingfish just figuring out it has been hooked – so get ready for a big battle!

And in an article two years later...

What generally happens is that a wave of action comes through and everyone hooks up on kahawai...

Once most of the kahawai have passed through you will start to catch baby snapper, which can be frustrating, but don’t move just yet. I like to carry on fishing, drifting away from the action. Pretty soon the larger snapper show up, lagging behind the action and hoovering up the leftovers from the bottom. I reckon bigger snapper are lazy and don’t like chasing things around, and because they are smarter than the little ones, they prefer to move slowly and pick up the easy-to-get leftovers.