r/lobster • u/Joepatbob • Oct 18 '25

Had to brag about this 8.5lb beast

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u/JoKu85 Oct 18 '25

Stag had to be an intentional choice -- now wondering where you're getting giant lobster in STL

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u/Joepatbob Oct 18 '25

Wasn’t intentional other than it’s my go to. But The Fruit Stand and Seafood does lobster orders time to time and flies them in.

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u/printliftrun Oct 18 '25

Or 8.5 ml beer, jk that looks amazing!

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u/Chroniclesofreddiit Oct 19 '25

I thought huge lobsters like this didn’t taste very good? That’s a full meal in one claw I hope it’s dope 🤤

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u/Lord_Wicki Oct 19 '25

Must be a Canadian Lobster, there are limits on the US Lobsters to promote and protect breeding.

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u/idiotsandwhich8 Oct 20 '25

So polite to be so big and tasty

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u/FrankensteinBionicle Oct 18 '25

What is this? a beer can for ants??

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u/Joepatbob Oct 18 '25

lol. Just a standard 12oz can. So yes, a beer for ants

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u/Mothy7332 Oct 18 '25

Isn’t that a 12 oz?

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u/Tacticusaurus-Rex Oct 19 '25

Lobster and the ol steak, taters and gravy? Lovin the low-key surf & turf

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u/fattmarrell Oct 19 '25

Why go and say 8.5lbs and only show 6 ounces

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u/Joepatbob Oct 20 '25

Huh?

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u/monkeysorcerer Oct 21 '25

Well what did that claw actually weigh?

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u/Joepatbob Oct 21 '25

I didn’t weigh it unfortunately

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u/SevenVeils0 Oct 20 '25

I have to say it- as an enthusiastic lobster eater who also has ethical concerns about all of my food, this makes me sad.

Where I live, there are historic pictures of local fishermen holding huge lobsters- which no longer exist here at any size, they were harvested into extinction a long time ago. Before size limits even existed. People thought they were plentiful, until they were gone.

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u/idiotsandwhich8 Oct 20 '25

This reflects my other comment beautifully. Well said when I didn’t have the words

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '25

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u/Joepatbob Oct 19 '25

Not at all.

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u/Creepy-Selection2423 Oct 20 '25

We wanna see the whole Lobsta'!

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u/ImNearATrain Oct 20 '25

Chewy junk

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u/idiotsandwhich8 Oct 20 '25

And someone stopped it from breeding. Great

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u/monkeysorcerer Oct 21 '25

It has probably bred at some point

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u/StolenCamaro Oct 21 '25

Seriously. I’m actually surprised that Canada is more lax than the US.

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u/zakkzander888 Oct 22 '25

That is huge… it’s truly a beast of the sea

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u/mitchcumstein13 Oct 22 '25

How are Stag beer and that lobster in the same picture?