Brier Island fisherman Jesse Tudor shows off 17-pound lobster

A Brier Island fisherman has caught a big one — a lobster weighing just under 17 pounds.

Jesse Tudor says he's been looking for a big catch and finally got it on March 27.

"We thought, 'Finally we got a big one,' because we've been hunting for that bugger for a while and it finally came up," he told CBC News.

This isn't the biggest lobster Tudor has caught. He once got one that was just under 19 pounds.

The latest catch was on Chad and Sisters Two, captained by Chad Graham in southwestern Nova Scotia.

Lobsters this large can be eaten, said Tudor.

"Being from a little island like this, we're all fisherman and some people have eaten 20-pound plus lobsters before," he said. "It all has to do with how you cook them and if the lobster's actually healthy."

But Tudor said he only eats lobsters that are one pound or smaller.

"I only eat big scallops, I eat small lobsters," he said.