rubby-dubby Angling.
(ˈrʌbɪˌdʌbɪ)
[? f. rub v.1, dub v.1 5: see -y6.]
Minced fish such as pilchards, mackerel, etc., placed in a net-bag and used as a lure for shark and other large fish. Also attrib.
| 1957 R. Arnold Compl. Sea Angler xi. 176 As the rubby-dubby moves through the water, the oil from the broken-up bait spreads out from behind the boat, leaving an ever-widening channel down which the hungry sharks..will cruise searching their prey. 1959 Angling Times 27 Feb. 6/3, I, drifting with a rubby-dubby trail, soon had a shark. 1960 Sunday Express 24 July 13/1 Two net bags stuffed with old pilchards and mackerel (the skipper calls it ‘rubby-dubby’). 1970 Daily Tel. 2 May 9/3 Large fish can be attracted, like shark, with the ‘rubby dubby’ method. 1971 Angling Times 10 June 24 Ivan got over the rubby-dubby bags, and started a drift. |