“Most of the time a 10-pound is the biggest anyone will typically see in their lifetime,” Jones said. “Each leg measured 2 feet, but I do believe they get much bigger.”
The fishermen considered giving the creature, which they identified as a male, to an aquarium. Ultimately, however, they decided to return it to the water.
“It was one of the biggest lobsters we’ve ever seen,” he said. “It’s not typically caught that way so we decided to let it go.”
“It’s a rare specimen,” he said. “We got lucky this time.”
The Bermuda lobster is indeed a beast, but it’s far from the largest lobster ever caught.
Other lobsters have tried to rival that gargantuan’s size, including “Rocky,” a 27-pounder that was caught off the coast of Maine in 2012.
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