I understand your frustrations Frank. I caught a few that I thought were sandies a few months ago but really could not say 100% either way which bring me to ask; Is it possible for a sandie to have markings similar/close to a hybrid but a single tooth patch? They were just under 18 inches but only one tooth patch. I had to look at these fish multiple times and still could not determine what they were and just threw them back. Has anyone else experience this? I am beginning to believe the hybrids are crossing with the sandies. Is that even possible?

.... I am beginning to believe the hybrids are crossing with the sandies. Is that even possible?

...and this is why people quit posting...

It's really unfortunate that this post has gone on 4 pages now for the reason of someone trying to identify a fish via a photograph.

This is my opinion and is worth exactly what you paid for it.

If you didn't see the fish in person and weren't able to hold it and do your own identifying tests, then you should not be calling someone out for what the fish species actually is.

You have nothing but a 2 dimensional image to go off of.


The unfortunate part is two fold:
1 - that we don't, first and foremost, trust another human to tell us the truth
2 - that we are hell bent on making sure to put them down until they comply or just go away.

Mother Nature doesn't always play by the book Jedi. And I have caught my share of hybrids and sandies to tell the difference.

I guess it is not uncommon for someone to not be able to tell the difference. There was a full time guide on here who posted a picture of his buddies lake record sandbass. I said it was a hybrid. He got all bent out of shape telling me how he had fished for 40 years and if I thought I knew more than him I should call TPWD.....I did and I did. They did a test on the fish....surprise a hybrid.

They did a test on the fish? You mean, it wasn't so easy for them, that they could tell just by looking at it? I also wonder who would pay for that test, of that one fish? I would love to hear more about this.

I do not work for TPWD department but they can test any fish that is submitted for a record. I turned in a record for a yellow bass and it ended up being a yellow bass hybrid. I do not understand why people take this as an attack. Just because you are wrong doesn't mean the other person means to offend you by telling you so. If I made a mistake, and I have made many, I would want someone to tell me why I made it so I can become better and more informed.