See the Giant 27-Pound Lobster Caught Off the Coast of Maine!
- Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:26pm by
Liz Klimas
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When a shrimp trawler off the coast of Maine lugged in more than just shrimp and debris in his nets, he was so stunned at the catch that he called the marine patrol to come take care of it. What sort of beast would prompt this reaction? None other than a 27-pound lobster.
Watch this local news report with footage of the massive crustacean:
The lobster, of which scientists are not sure of the age, measures 40 inches long. For comparison purposes, average lobster size is 10 to 20 inches. And while you may be thinking that this has to be the biggest lobster ever found, a 44-pounder caught in the Atlantic Ocean holds the Guinness World Record.
Will some lobster lover be seeing this tail on his or her dinner plate sometime soon? Nope. Staff at Department of Marine Resources said they will be releasing it back into the wild.
[H/T Yahoo! News]
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Comments (75)
MARKMYWORD
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:11pmanother reason for obama to have a party
Report Post »TROONORTH
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 9:36pmButter! Melt lots and lots of butter!!
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 10:36pmwicked lobsta, best with buttah
Report Post »stumpy68
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:54pmDon’t forget the steamers
Report Post »Counter-Culture Revolutionist
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:08pmYEAH, MAINE! We have the best lobstermen!
Report Post »svan71
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:53pmyea so why did it take shrimpers to catch it???
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 5:41pmBecause the lobstermen in Maine use traps not nets. And that thing is bigger than any opening in a trap. I hope I can get up to Maine this Summer…. that makes me hungry for some Red’s Lobster rolls. :)
Report Post »stumpy68
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:56pmIf you make it to Belfast try youngs
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 3:05pmHe’s got arms like Popeye! Seems like he would tip forward when he lifted them.
Report Post »deano24
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 8:35pmMore than likely you would lose some fingers from the claws.
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:53pmWhat a waist of good meat.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 4:11pmLOL…It certainly does all add up. Good one!
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 7:09pmOH NO!
Let it breed and we‘ll eat it’s children!
Report Post »M 4 Colt
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 4:08amIroneagle that may not be true, when they get this big that means they are old, they grow about a pound every 3 years and (it takes about their first 7 years of life for them to put on their first 1& 1/2 pounds of weight) can live to be over 100 years old and when they get old the meat gets tuff so its not to good eating.
Report Post »Collbuzz
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:43pmWant to see how old he is? Cut him in half and count the rings!!
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:32pmI’m sure his friends will make fun of him when he returns with stories of the aliens who abducted him…
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 4:39pmHopefully they will put him back. Let the old guy go.
Report Post »Thomas Payne
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:20pmBig, old lobsters like that are really not very good eating. The meat loses the sweetness of the younger ones.
Report Post »Sergei
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:37pmSame with grandparents…
Report Post »T-2
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:17pmthis lobster is morbidly obese, we need a lobster treadmill.
Report Post »Immiceelf
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 3:00amMichelle Obama would put him on a diet of apples and grapes.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:14pm.
That thing would fill up my 80qt crawfish pot……..
A little Creamy Butter & Lemon Sauce umm, umm, umm……
Report Post »SoundStride
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 11:52amHell yea with some shrimp and crab boil WHO DAT.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:14pmNow that’s a monumental mudbug.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:13pmSeafood, yuck. This guy was smart, or lucky, to avoid being caught for so long, he DID earn his release. I wonder if someone else catches him, now, and sells him?
Report Post »stumpy68
Posted on February 25, 2012 at 10:59pmHe is to big for a lobster man to legally keep i believe
Report Post »Link8on
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:41pmToo big to fail Lobster !
Report Post »g123695
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:11pmSeems this red lobster has been eating at McDonald’s.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:57pmThat’s making me hungry, I’m going to spearfish some dinner.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 2:15pmFind a cauldron large enough, then bring on the lemons and drawn butter!
Report Post »chameleonx
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:56pmPinchy from the Simpsons weights 160 pounds.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R_j0fXtefA
Psychosis
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:52pmThey will release it, and like most critters caught and released at the surface of the ocean, it will be fast food for some other critter on the way back to the bottom
What a waste……that tasty morsel could have kept moochelle from rattling her cage for at least an hour
Report Post »Noonien_Soong
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:52pmI hope this administration doesn’t declare this crustacean a protected species
Report Post »c.foster4722
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:48pmI think we’re going to need a bigger pot!!!!!!!! What a dinner he would make for a family of six or ???
Report Post »txn4justice
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:43pmMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Pass the butter
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:42pmI was wondering when the Blaze would post this story!What an incredible,edible creature!Enough lobster to feed a small army.
Report Post »I’m glad Rocky is being released,to be sure.
right-wing-waco
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:42pmNow that’s enough to get filled up on. I call that a family lobster.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:41pmAll I’d call this thing is “dinner”!! They let the darn thing go!! :( Lobster salad, Lobster tail, and Lobster Fritters! I would have used a pound of butter and a full bulb of garlic!!! :)
Report Post »RejectFalseIcons
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:39pmAh, ocean bugs. So amazing.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:38pmI thought over a certain poundage they had to be returned to the sea.
This guy has to be over 100 years old
Some steamers and we are good to go!
Report Post »Seth Patriot
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:38pmHope they take the bands off the claws before releasing him.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:55pmEnviromentalists? Naw!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 1:33pmThing could take yer arm off!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on February 24, 2012 at 4:26pmName him Obama. He takes an arm AND a leg.
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