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[bladowzanow]

Monster lobster caught off Maine coast
Published: February 22, 2012 6:32 PM
By The Associated Press

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Photo credit: AP | Maine State Aquarium Director Aimee Hayden-Rodriques holds a 27 pound, nearly 40 inch long, lobster caught by Robert Malone off the coast of Maine near Rockland, Maine on Feb. 17, 2012. The aquarium named the crustacean "Rocky." (AP Photo/Maine State Aquarium)

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine - (AP) -- A giant 27-pound lobster has been caught off the Maine coast, but it won't be going into a pot of boiling water.

Maine State Aquarium Director Aimee Hayden-Rodriques says Cushing shrimp fisherman Robert Malone caught the monster crustacean in his nets Friday. He gave it to the Department of Marine Resources to deliver to the aquarium, which the DMR operates in Boothbay Harbor.

The beast weighed in at 27 pounds and measured nearly 40 inches long. It was dubbed Rocky because it was caught in the Rockland area, but Hayden-Rodriquez says it could have been named for Rocky the boxer because its claws are big enough to pack quite a punch.

Hayden-Rodriquez says Rocky will soon be released into the ocean because he'll fare better in the wild.

http://www.newsday.c...coast-1.3550100


Dang Lopsters are getting bigger and bigger...

[Shinnidan]

Oh YUMMY!!!!!

BUTTER AND LEMON, PLEASE!!!! hehehe

[caz1104]

WOW!!! and all along I thought it was either JMW or his son Dinarck

[dinarck]

WOW!!! and all along I thought it was either JMW or his son Dinarck

Biggest GO RVer out there.

Not sure if this is caz, JW11, easy, or stryker but in my opinion its one of them.

[sonny1]

thats 100% jmw

[caz1104]

Biggest GO RVer out there.

Not sure if this is caz, JW11, easy, or stryker but in my opinion its one of them.

Thanks, I'm sure I'm not the biggest but I do believe. And WOW a neg for havein fun. You Lopsters take everything way to serious.

Edited by caz1104, 24 February 2012 - 04:41 PM.

[dinarck]

Thanks, I'm sure I'm not the biggest but I do believe. And WOW a neg for havein fun. You Lopsters take everything way to serious.

Yeah I think JW11 holds the title. No negatives from me. Its all in good fun.

[GotSix]

[quote name='dinarck' date='24 February 2012 - 04:57 PM' timestamp='1330120623' post='868253']
Biggest GO RVer out there.

Not sure if this is caz, JW11, easy, or stryker but in my opinion its one of them.


Wow & all along I thought it was Oakie

[JWJW11]

Yeah I think JW11 holds the title. No negatives from me. Its all in good fun.

Why thank you dinarck....I never new you cared so much!

[Goldiegirl]

I watched the video on that.

It said it was most likely, tough, bitter and toxic. Much like the lopsters around here.

They are going to release it back to the sea where it can go on it's merry way.

Humm can we do that to our lopsters.