Thanks for all the suggestions.
Brad, I have tried a few different traps macabee, cinch, and off late gopher hawk. Being squeamish about the killings I find gopher hawk to be a bit bearable, once I mastered the trigger setting mechanism. This said I don't do as much trapping as I must probably do. The gopher activity is increasing, and its time to make a concerted work eliminating them.
Thanks for the macabee traps offer, however I don't see myself using a macabee in the near future. Alternately can I buy your in season fruits?!
You have a valid point about focussing on getting rid of them. As I don't do a good work with the trappings, I am using the fall back option of baskets to help establish the tree.