A Red Lichtie was in the pink after catching a blue lobster off the coast of Angus at odds of two million to one.
Tommy Yule from Arbroath caught the bright blue lobster roughly half-a-mile off Auchmithie before returning it to the sea.
The extremely rare lobster was picked up by the Lichtie Lass fishing boat which is owned by Tommy and his dad who is also called Tommy.
Only one in two million lobsters is blue, according to the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine, due to a copious amount of a protein from a genetic defect.
But amazingly, Tommy junior said Monday’s catch is one of a handful he’s seen in three years at sea.
He said: “It was just a small one so it was thrown straight back after a few pictures. It was roughly half-a-mile off Auchmithie that we caught it.
“I’ve been at sea for three years and I’ve only seen about three or four. They are extremely rare.”
He said it was “set free to live another day”.
Finding a blue lobster is traditionally considered to be a sign of good fortune.
Lobsters can also be found in other colours, including yellow, orange and brown split and tortoise shell. The chances of finding a brown and orange lobster is one in 50 million, according to the institute.
There is also an “albino” lobster.
Two fishermen in Dorset caught an albino, or “crystal” lobster in 2001 – the odds of this are reckoned to be one in 100 million.
The two Bridport fishermen who found the crustacean near Portland Bill handed it to Weymouth Sea Life Park.
Albinism is caused by a lack of melanin in the skin, which means there is a lack of colour pigment.
Lobesters shed their hard shells as they outgrow them.
