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Tourist Reels in 13-Foot Sawfish off Florida Coast

A British tourist fishing for sharks hooked a rare sawfish off the coast of Florida.

Ian Atherton was fishing for sharks about a quarter mile off the coast when he hooked something large.

The tourists and boat crew were stunned when, after about an hour of wrangling, Atherton brought a 13-foot sawfish to the surface of the water.

A local charter company called it “the catch of a lifetime for him,” as they “have only caught two sawfish in the last 17 years of business…”

The sawfish was released without injury.

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