Bright orange Owls Head lobster bests changing leaves

 In the thick of leaf-peeper season, what should show up painted as bright a red-orange as the most dazzling of Maine’s deciduous? Why, a lobster, of course.

Here in the Midcoast it only makes sense that the famed tourist-attracting crustacean should come up with a way to outdo the current visual fire of the forests.

The rare day-glow lobster was hauled in by F.J. O’Hara, 50, of Owls Head. O’Hara’s surprising catch on Sunday was made aboard his boat, the Sandpiper.

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Tagged as: Boats, Crustaceans, F.J. O'Hara, Forests, Lobster, Maine, Midcoast, Owls Head, Sandpipers

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