My Dad grew up on Long Island in New york, and told me about how they Kite fished to get bait out past the swells from shore.

They used a clip similar to a downrigger offshore release clip we use today.
Let the kite way out past the breakers, and give it a good tug, bait releases and drops into the water.

There has to be an offshore wind of course, but that was the prevailing wind on the east side of long island. They caught alot of blues this way.