Abstract: A live insect (e.g. cricket) dispensing cage to be used by fishermen enables one insect at a time to be selectively dispensed and encourages the insect to travel within the cage interior to a distal end portion of the cage housing that is less illuminated and that has a dispensing outlet. A trigger and pushrod linkage arrangement can be used to open and close a valve that registers in an outlet opening through which insects are to be dispensed.

Abstract: "Cricket gun" can be used by fishermen to dispense live insects such as crickets. The cricket gun includes a bait container for holding a limited supply of crickets with a bait dispensing head attached to the funnel end of the cage. On the opposite end of the cage is a spring loaded handle, by compressing this handle a cricket is allowed to enter and be entrapped in the dispenser head chamber. The cricket may be discharged by pulling back on the release trigger. When the release trigger is pulled back the carriage is pulled forward allowing the cricket to fall out the bottom of the dispenser head. When the trigger is released the spring loaded carriage is pulled back into position. The cricket gun allows a fisherman to discharge one insect at a time or keep one in reserve in the isolated chamber for later use.