Matt, PETA ought to love you for feeding the fish and frogs. Just don't ever hook them fish or eat them! That metal trough idea is great. I discovered another little trick that is slower but still fun. At dusk I find that the hoppers are sitting on stalks of tall grass getting ready to sleep there I guess. Anyway, they don't seem to be able to hop or fly at this time of day. Don't know if it's the cool weather or just the fact that they've had a long day and its bed time. You can just pick them off like berry picking. In no time flat I can collect 20 or 30 hoppers. I like to just throw them in one at a time in different locations until I see a particularly large fish hit one. Then I keep throwing hoppers to that fish all the while encouraging it to grow baby grow!
