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I fished Tibble Fork this AM (3 inches snow, blizzard early) and caught a trout with characteristics I was not familiar with.. Sorry, no camera.

The markings of the trout most approached those of a rainbow, but the lower jaw was shorter and the head a bit more tapered. The most striking characteristic was rows of BLACK teeth - now white. These were on the forward one third part of the , side of the lower jaw, just on the inner margin of the upper jaw, and additional rows on both sides just a little off midline of the upper jaw. 50 years of fishing, and it was the first time I had seen a trout like this. My fishing partners had never seen one like it before either.

No clipped fins to suggest hatchery origins. I figured it might be a wild cross of species, but not one that I recognized.

Any suggestions?
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Guess that one forgot to floss! []

I've seen brookies with black in their mouths.....
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sounds crazy. I've caught brookies up in Silver Lake Flat, but none down in Tibble. Still I guess a brookie/rainbow hybrid would be possible in this area.
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[quote utfisher]sounds crazy. I've caught brookies up in Silver Lake Flat, but none down in Tibble. Still I guess a brookie/rainbow hybrid would be possible in this area.[/quote] Brookies and rainbows will not crossbreed, but 'bows and cutts can. Brooks and browns can sometimes cross in the wild, creating a natural tiger trout, but it is extremely rare. Without pics, the said fish is anybody's guess.
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You're probably right and I suspected the same but found some some posts (with pics) in another site pointing out the difference between brookie/bow hybrid and tigers so maybe they're possible. Now just because I saw it on the internet doesn't make it so but there's some interesting [url "http://forums.fishusa.com/Rainbow%2FBrook_Hybrid/m_391905/tm.htm"]pics in the thread [/url]
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