TAMPA, FLA. (WSVN) - A Tampa teenager caught the same fish twice, causing conservationists to step in to save the endangered species.

Outside the city of Tampa, there’s a spot locals know as Bishop Harbor Pond.

“Me and my grandpa used to come here a lot,” said fisherman Kane Mcree. “It’s the honey hole.”

Mcree, 16, said he fishes the pond often.

In early June, Mcree was fishing on a paddleboard when he got a bite during the Fire Charity Fishing Tournament.

“I was hoping it was a snook or something,” said Mcree.

After 15 minutes struggling with his reel, he discovered it was more than a snook.

“The saw that came out of the water,” said Mcree. “I saw probably the four-foot saw come out of the water.”

Kane caught a Smalltooth Sawfish.

After documenting it for the tournament, he let i

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