Fisherman Robert Malone was in for the catch of his life when he hauled in a 27-pound lobster off the coast of Maine.
Malone donated the giant lobster to the Department of Marine Resources instead of sending it straight to boil. Director Aimee Hayden-Rodriquez of the Maine State Aquarium said the lobster was caught in Boothbay Harbor, reported the Associated Press.
The lobster was named Rocky because it was captured by Malone in the Rockland area. However, Hayden Rodriquez said the name might have derived from Rocky, the film about the underdog boxer, because the lobster has huge claws. However, no one even thought about putting Rocky in boiling pot and instead, let him go 11 a.m. today.
While this giant lobster certainly made headlines, check out some other huge fish caught by unsuspecting fisherman.
Roy Moore Still Won’t Concede Defeat After Losing ElectionA Mediterranean Grouper fish (Epinephelus marginatus) swims inside a tank in Palma Aquarium, on Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca ReutersCuban fisherman Yordan Martinez, (C), stands beside a tuna fish as his helper cuts it in pieces on Havana's seafront boulevard May 20, 2011. The Tuna fish is Martinez's biggest catch till date and took him around four hours using a 130 pound big game fishing line trolling from his boat around 5 miles from the shore north of HavanaReutersA worker (R) hoses a fin whale down as others tow it up a ramp to a processing plant at the Hvalfjordur whaling station, about 70 km (43.5 miles) north of Reykjavik June 29, 2010. Three fin whales were caught in waters to the west of Iceland on Tuesday during the start of the fin whale season. A worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling remains in place after talks to replace it with a controlled cull of some species collapsed on June 23, 2010 at the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) annual meeting.ReutersA port worker carries a pirarucu, the largest freshwater fish in South America, after they confiscated 66 of the fish from poachers who were transporting them to a market in the city of Manaus, capital of the Brazilia Amazon region, September 17, 2008. Pirarucu fishing is prohibited in the wild in Brazil except in areas where the fish is farmed.ReutersA woman carries a fish, known locally as epuya, at a fishing port in Badagry division of Lagos October 18, 2007. Fishermen said that such a catch was not common.ReutersA shark is weighed during the Star Island Yacht Club shark tournament in Montauk, New York, June 16, 2007. In this Long Island fishing hamlet, hundreds of adults drank beer and children marveled at the bloodied sharks caught in the fishing contest. A smaller group protested what they said was the killing on Friday and Saturday of a species that was already declining in number. This small group of protesters, backed for the first time by a large U.S. animal protection group, want to stop the shark-hunting tournament, one of the largest in the United States where the winner can take home more than $400,000 in prize money and from bets placed among fishermen. Picture taken June 16, 2007. ReutersA five-tonne shark, 10 meters (32.8 feet) in length and 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) in width, is seen after being caught by fishermen on the outskirts of Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province, May 23, 2007. The shark has been bought by a businessman at a price of 100,000 RMB ($13,066 ), local media reported. Picture taken May 23, 2007.ReutersMembers of the fisheries bureau transport a dead giant ocean sunfish, scientifically known as a rare Tetraodontiformes, at a fish port near Zamboanga City, southern Philippines, Feb. 18, 2007.Reuters
