For years now, fish hatcheries have crossed FL LMB with northern LMB to create the "Tiger Bass" or F1 bass...
CNBG could also be called Florida BG as they came about because of the same natural events that created the FL LMB. CNBG just expanded much further north naturally than did FL LMB after those natural events ended. Now whether crossing CNBG with northern BG would create "Tiger BG" I don't know. Where CNBG naturally intergrade with northern BG, they cross naturally... CNBG will readily bread with northern BG even when both are placed in areas they are not native or one is and one is not. There is no reason to believe GSF won't breed with CNBG. As a matter of fact it's my opinion that "Georgia Giants" are just that, CNBGxGSF and nothing more.
Bobby, depending where you live in north Florida, you may live in the area where the intergrade between the two BG subspecies naturally occurs. That area is basically where the panhandle of Florida meets the peninsula of Florida.
Under crowded pond conditions where spawning areas are limited, you will see far more hybrids. You will also see more hybrids in muddy water where the visual clues sunfish species rely on to identify the right species can be obscured. Also, if just a small number of one species is present, hybridization will be more common as the few of that species may struggle to find one another and will end up spawning with other species.
