Help with a Bullfrog

I know theres a few experts here about almost anything that swims or crawls in water and I need help. About a year or so ago I was collecting minnows to feed my Pickeral and I ended up with a small (about a 3/4" tadpole). About 4 months ago at 3" long It became a full fleged Bullfrog and is now about 3" . My problem is feeding it. At first I did feed it worms but I'm kinda ran out of patience with that because I had to cut the ends off the worms to keep them on the frogs floating island. Crickets will not stay there either. My question is "Will bullfrogs eat underwater?". I've heard they'll eat minnows but have never seen or lost one yet. The thing is so spookey that I can't get it to stay up where I can feed it. (Using the old fly on a straw trick for lizards). I'm also in the middle of a fuss between the grandkids and my wife about to keep or throw the frog back. The kids are winning and I won't put it back because I have no idea of what pathogens are in that tank. Any ideas about how to keep said frog alive without driving me nuts? ....Jim

They will eat underwater. You can go ahead and drop the worms in the water, and just come back later to pull out any uneaten worms. Minnows, shrimp, and other aquatic prey are also fine. And no frog can resist moths- even if they fall in the water, their fluttering will draw him in.

I agree no frog can resist a moth - as long as it's moving. If it falls in the water and dies, they might not notice it.
A nice big cricket will sputter around on the surface like a motorboat for hours.
I'm surprised it is too spooky to take food from a straw. I bet it will eventually.

Just about every time I feed the minnows in my pond they are targeted by the bullfrogs. They seem to aim for the pellets and I've seen one frog come up with a minnow and spit out a pellet. Good times.

Just about every time I feed the minnows in my pond they are targeted by the bullfrogs. They seem to aim for the pellets and I've seen one frog come up with a minnow and spit out a pellet. Good times.

bullfrogs are voracious, I''m sure that if it will eat whatever it can once it gets hungry enough. Hunger tames all beasts. I had a toad once that started out always hiding, but it soon learned that I fed it and would take crickets out of my hand. I actually caught a bullfrog once on a spinner. I had casted the lure, retrieved it and as it came out of the water right infront of me and swung in the air a bullfrog that was chillin' at my feet jumped out and grapped the lure. Got all three hooks set full, two in the top jaw and one in the bottom. He died during "surgery"...

I actually caught a bullfrog once on a spinner. I had casted the lure, retrieved it and as it came out of the water right infront of me and swung in the air a bullfrog that was chillin' at my feet jumped out and grapped the lure. Got all three hooks set full, two in the top jaw and one in the bottom. He died during "surgery"...

Ha! Reminds me of last weekend, when I nearly caught a tern on a mudminnow while kayking. Tern was hovering 2 feet from my face while I fussed with the line and the minnow was next to the boat in the water. You should have seen me waving my arms shouting "shoo, shoo!"

The larger bullfrogs love to eat field mice.

I once kept a baby snapping turtle so my girls could watch it. Feisty little fellow. It loved earthworms. Released it that fall so it could hibernate, or do whatever snappers do during the winter.