Maine Lobster Fisherman Hauls In “1 In 2 Million” Blue Lobster: “Virtually Impossible”

Blue Maine lobster
Daily Scientist

Ya learn something new everyday.

I’m not even gonna pretend like I’m a big lobster guy, or very knowledgeable about the creatures. I’ve never caught one before, nor are they my first choice of seafood at a restaurant.

However, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that a catch like this is INSANELY rare.

Imagine hopping on the boat, about to set out for some lobster fishing so you can bring home a little dough.

You catch a batch, take a look inside the cage, and the first thing you think is:

“Hmm, one of these is not like the other.”

Because you caught a blue lobster.

I had no idea these things even exist, but for one lucky lobster fisherman in Maine, which is, of course, known for great lobster fishing, he landed himself a blue lobster.

According to Newsweek, the lobster fisherman has been identified as Blake Haass out of Mount Desert Island.

The 27-year-old originally shared the catch on TikTok, stating in the caption:

“Blue Lobster!!!! 1 in 2,000,000.”

Those are some pretty wild odds right there.

Haass told the outlet:

“I have never seen a blue lobster this bright of a blue or as pretty. We might see a lobster once in a while with a slight tint of blue on a claw or tail maybe but that’s it. This is the first one I have ever seen this blue all over! And such a beautiful blue.

I hope I find another blue lobster again but they are so rare you only hear of one being caught once in a great while across the state of Maine.”

He estimated that the lobster was about 10-years-old, adding:

“It’s such a rare find; I definitely wanted to release her back into the ocean, and you can see on one of the videos another fisherman had caught her before and notched her tail twice, so she cannot be kept. 

I know a lot of my friends are older fishermen that have been fishing longer than me and they have never caught a blue lobster so I feel lucky to have caught this one for sure!”

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) confirmed:

“According to the (Akron) zoo, blue lobsters occur one in every 2 million. And the chances of one being caught, shipped, saved, and savored? We’ll go with virtually impossible.”

Although Haass came up with the rare catch, he admitted it wasn’t his first blue lobster.

“The one I caught 10 years ago was not nearly as blue as this one; that’s why I was so excited about it.”

A 101-Year-Old Maine Woman Is Still On The Boat, Fishing For Lobsters

A woman in Maine has been fishing for lobsters for almost an entire century.

Virginia Oliver started lobstering when she was just 8-years-old. At the age of 101, she’s still going. She credits lobstering with continuously sharpening her mind and her wits.

She was born in the town of Rockland way back in 1920, and she still lives on the same street she grew up on. Despite being more than a century old, she’s still more active than a lot of folks half her age.

According to News Center Maine, she still wakes up bright and early 3 days a week to hit the water with her 78-year-old son.

For her, lobstering is a family affair as well. She started with her older brother John and then continued the tradition with her husband and all four of her kids.

On the days she goes out after lobsters, she wakes up at about 4:45 AM, piles into an old Ford pickup truck, and heads down to the town of Owls Head where her late husband’s boat is still docked. That boat is aptly named “Virginia” after her.

Once aboard the boat, she starts checking her 200 lobster pots spread out across the ocean floor off the coast.

Her sea legs admittedly aren’t what they used to be, but while most old ladies her age spend their days retired and in a rocking chair, she’s still most comfortable on a boat rocking back and forth with the current of the sea.

She wouldn’t be able to do what she does without the help of her son.

He hauls in the lobster pots while Virginia bands the lobsters. Unfortunately, she broke her wrist a few years back, which means she had to switch to predominantly using her left hand these days, but life is all about making adjustments.

When she’s done banding the lobsters, she starts refilling the pots with bait, and the process starts all over again.

She attributes her work ethic to the long and healthy life she’s been able to live. Lobstering is part of her identity and part of what fuels her to keep getting out of bed every day.

“They call me the Lobster Lady.

You just have to keep going; otherwise you would be in a wheelchair or something.”

She’s not only well known in her area for lobstering but for her cooking and baking skills too.

Her cake, brownies, and doughnuts are the stuff of local legend, but she always keeps a few of the lobsters she catches for herself too. At least once a week, she cooks up a classic Maine lobster roll on a grilled bun with a bit of mayonnaise.

The older she gets, the more attention her continued affinity for lobstering seems to get. The older she gets, the more people seem to ask when she plans on retiring too, but she always gives them the same answer.

“When I die. Everybody gonna die sometime. You not gonna live forever, so why let it bother you?”

Even long after she retires, though, she can rest assured that her legacy will live on forever.

The story she’s written for her own life is so remarkable that it was even the subject of a documentary produced by a local historical society a few years back.

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