Get the flashlight outta my face

Brothers Tony LeBlanc and Jacques LeBlanc describe an incident in which a DNR official approached their father Albert "Big Abe" LeBlanc to confiscate fish.

At a shack called the Blockhouse, where the fisherman stored materials for Buddy Brown's fishing operation, the young brothers and their father were enjoying a break between runs to bring fish from the beach to their truck. Their father noticed a light through the trees approaching them. Officer Cecil Taylor approached, shining his flashlight in Big Abe's face. Big Abe told the officer to get the flashlight out of his face. The DNR officers told Big Abe they intended to confiscate all the fish loaded into the back of his pickup. Big Abe replied they could have the fish, but only what they could reach without touching his truck because they had no warrant to search the vehicle.

(Interviewed June 30, 2008 at the Bay Mills History Department)