Skates? When to cut the line?

[buzz]

+1 on the big bluefish.
They fight like the dickens and will definitely break water.
And maybe your line didn't snap from wear... big blues will bite through monofilament like it was sewing thread.

[Noahtom]

Could if been a big blue very possibe all my reels for the bay are spooled with 20 lb power pro braid