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Big Abe LeBlanc

  • Big Abe LeBlanc in front of the truck he used to deliver fresh fish to customers. (Courtesy: Whitney Gravelle)
    Big Abe’s Net
    Ellie Katz
    One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.