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1 In 30 Million: Rare Yellow Lobster Caught Off Nantucket

Jim Sjolund, captain of the Nantucket lobster boat Julie Alice, was hauling traps about 25 miles east of the island on Friday when his sternman Adam Spencer noticed something peculiar come out of the water. “At first, I didn’t think anything of it,” Sjolund said of the strange color inside one of the traps, believing it might be a fish. “But my sternman got excited, and I came over and said ‘holy sh**’!” Inside the trap was an incredibly rare yellow lobster. Sjolund knew right away it was unusual. But it wasn’t until he got back to Nantucket and did some research that Sjolund realized he had essentially hit the lobster lottery. The chances of catching a yellow lobster are 1 in 30 million, according to the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<<06:44

Rare Yellow Lobster Caught In Waters Off Niantic

Fisherman Jere Lacoske beat odds of 1 in 30 million Sunday when he hauled in a yellow lobster off the coast of Black Point in Niantic. “When we pulled it in, it was like , I’ve never seen something that color at all,’ ” the 55-year-old Waterford resident said. Read more here 09:57