IT’S not exactly the kind of thing you’re hoping to pull in during a day out fishing.

But Jorge Bustamante, who had set out to hook a few Mahi Mahi or Kingfish, was more than happy to show off his recent catch-of-the-day on social media.

He told CBS News that he was fishing off the coast of Pompano Beach in Florida with his parents when he saw something floating in the water. After scooping it into the boat he discovered the plastic-wrapped package was in fact a brick of marijuana.

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“Got an early birthday gift from Pablo Escobar,” he joked on Instagram in a later post, referring to the late Colombian drug lord.

Rather than keeping the weed for himself, Mr Bustamante handed the package over to the Coast Guard who confirmed it was marijuana.

Apparently, a find of this kind is not so unusual in South Florida. It even has a name: a Square Grouper.