Latest Fishing Reports: United Kingdom

  • 08/02/2023 Fishing Report by Scott Belbin on Galloper (Brightlingsea, Essex)

    8 Feb 2023 by Scott Belbin

    Report on-board Galloper

    It has been a very busy week with some cracking weather and getting the Galloper back in the water. there are early signs of spring everywhere as the daffodils poke their heads up which usually means the spring run of thorn-backs isn't far away. last trip we had a few rays and expect their numbers to increase over the coming weeks as well as hoping for a little showing of codling too.
    the phone is ringing a bit more with every week that passes so please get in touch if you require specific dates for later in the year. The forecast looks good for a little while yet so don’t miss out. I have a few spaces in the next week aboard Galloper. I will try and find time to give you something more to read next week.
    Remember it is often worth giving me a shout if you are cancelled else where and still wish to get out, as we have lots of sheltered fishing available and a big catamaran which makes it even more comfortable.
    Spaces as follows
    12/02 (this Sunday)- offshore trip 1 space @ £100pp
    15/02- offshore trip 2 spaces @ £100pp
    18/02- 8 spaces £60pp
    19/02- individual spaces £60pp or full boat bookings from £490
    25/02- 9 spaces @ £60pp or 7 spaces offshore @ £100pp
    26/02- 8 spaces @ £60pp or 6 spaces offshore @ £100pp
    05/03- individual spaces £60pp or full boat bookings from £490

    Not all dates advertised, other spaces available for full boat bookings upon request
    For regular updates, availability and more information please visit www.essexseafishing.co.uk find us on social media or call Scott on 07956411528

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Galloper
    Sat 23/11/2024 12 Hours £115.00pp
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    Sat 07/12/2024 12 Hours £100.00pp
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  • 08/02/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    8 Feb 2023 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    As "The Clash" once sang......."Should I stay or should I go now".......that was the dilemma we were faced with last night looking at the weather forecast.

    I gave the lads (all very experienced anglers) the option and they were all keen to get out; even if the forecasted, building winds meant we had to cut the day a bit short. We followed a similar pattern as yesterday, running North whilst watching a stunning sunrise in flat clam conditions.

    First stop, we waited for the Ebb tide to get going. Pleasingly, a few Codling were knocking around and the four lads on board all got themselves off the mark in fairly short order. Chris "Office Waller" Wells picked up a nice Codling of 5lb, but the average size were more in the 2-3lb range. A couple of Lobsters also decided to jump on the Squid hookbaits!

    The wind started to freshen after a couple of hours, but bites kept coming from the Codling and the boat held steady in the tide. Dave Sharp had a couple of surprises in store. Firstly, he managed to catch himself a Sea Urchin.......fishing on Sea Urchin! Secondly he caught a Codling which when he gutted it, had a chicken bone in its stomach. It was from the same area we fished yesterday when Tony Barret had dropped two chicken bones in the water after he'd eaten his dinner. Cod are voracious feeders when they're hungry!!

    The rest of the day pased by quickly with a couple of better Codling falling to Dave Sharp and Jim Bailey amongst the smaller stamp for the rest of us. The wind fell away on the turn of tide (in complete contrast to the weather forecast) so the afternoon was spent in glorious weather.

    Not for lack of trying....but there doesn't seem to be many better sized fish around at the moment. The last three days we've topped out at 5lb, but hopefully some bigger fish will push through soon enough. We'll certainly keep on trying. Thanks again lads for an enjoyable day out.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Tue 19/11/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.50 David Craine - x 2 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Hepworth - x 2 John Ditchfield - x 1 Damian Walker - x 1
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    Tue 26/11/2024
    1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.67m Paul Stone - x 2 Steve Ralphson - x 2 Chris Chatham - x 1 Rob Stevens - x 1 Bod - x 2
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    Tue 03/12/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.22m Dave & Del - x 2 Neil Kennedy - x 2 Stephen Austin - x 2 Petras Sinkonis - x 1
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    Fri 06/12/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.97m Ian Purdom - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Christopher Arrand - x 3
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    Sat 07/12/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Steve & Ryan Martin - x 2 Waldek Myśliwy - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1
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    Mon 09/12/2024
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1
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    Tue 10/12/2024
    6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.74m Will sail with 4 anglers. Aaron & Steve - x 2
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    Sat 14/12/2024
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.46m Jeff Mosey - x 4 Oliver Venus - x 1
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    Tue 17/12/2024
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.48m Will sail with 4 anglers. Ian Purdom - x 1 Shaun Marchington - x 2
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    Thu 19/12/2024
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Greg Ince - x 1
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  • 08/02/2023 Fishing Report by Philip Higgins on Mistress Linda / San Gina3 (Poole, Dorset)

    8 Feb 2023 by Philip Higgins

    Report on-board Mistress Linda / San Gina3

    As spring approaches the inshore winter species are starting to thin out with plenty of small to medium whiting, smaller eels dogs etc this is the time of year we look to fishing further offshore looking for as my anglers refer to it as ‘fishing for things with teeth’ target Spurdogs, Tope, Congers, Blonde Rays . During these trips it is not uncommon for a Porbeagle to circle the boat and often nudging the hooked fish. Today due to big tides and thick fog we fished inshore and had lots of Whiting as the sun burnt the freezing food off and the tide eased we moved out catching more whiting as the tide turned we decided to go drifting for Plaice and as fortune had it we were successful with several coming aboard and in surprisingly good condition with the best falling to Paul.

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  • 07/02/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Cope on Mistress (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    7 Feb 2023 by Rich Cope

    Report on-board Mistress

    Its been a while since we popped a report up due to other commitments.
    But we'll be resuming charters again from next month.

    We've just fitted a new engine which is giving us a good bit more speed, yesterday we had the boat out for a run with a few friends, we fished inshore at anchor and fished into darkness.

    We took a steady stream of fish for the few hours we were off, biggest went around 5lb and my pal got the best bag of fish with 11 to keep, we threw a good number back too. All fish were caught on squid, black lug and squid.

    Signs are looking good moving forward.

    If you fancy a trip with us give me a shout on 07977 436 903, if you cant get through, drop me a text or whatsapp, and I'll get back to you asap.

    Tight lines Rich

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  • 07/02/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    7 Feb 2023 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    Tony Barrett had a threesome and Ken Wood was the “Star” of the show……...

    It was a mates trip today and one of the ones where I can relax and fish all day. I really look forward to them, as they’re always a great laugh in great company. We ran North a few miles towards Kettleness to start with today. The forecast was for very light winds and shock horror, they got it wrong……again. It wasn’t bad, but certainly more than we expected.

    Everyone got stuck straight in with a few Codling under our belts, but nothing massive made an appearance. For some reason, we kept catching quite a few Starfish and Ken Wood was “top rod”with three of them!!
    We considered a move but the bite pattern was similar as the day before, with a quiet spell, then another flush of fish. Martin Novo proved it was worth staying when he pulled up a nice plump five pounder and Ken had one a shade smaller.

    We ran a bit further up towards Port Mulgrave just before we started to lose the tide. The action here was instant, with loads of bites for the last hour of the Ebb. Slack water was the usual pants affair, then the wind lifted on the turn of tide.

    We took the option to run back towards Whitby and finished the day there. Not long after dropping down, Tony Barrett had a double take and pulled up a Hat-trick; two Codling on one trace and one better fish on the other.
    It was a brilliant day as usual and there was loads of banter. Tony Barrett slipped a Starfish onto Ken’s shoulder without him knowing…..hence the Star of the Show! Usual baits of Squid and Lug did the bites, although we had a few fish on Pink Hokkai’s just as the tide eased into slack.

    Thanks lads, looking forward to the next trip.

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Tue 19/11/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.50 David Craine - x 2 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Hepworth - x 2 John Ditchfield - x 1 Damian Walker - x 1
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    Tue 26/11/2024
    1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.67m Paul Stone - x 2 Steve Ralphson - x 2 Chris Chatham - x 1 Rob Stevens - x 1 Bod - x 2
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    Tue 03/12/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.22m Dave & Del - x 2 Neil Kennedy - x 2 Stephen Austin - x 2 Petras Sinkonis - x 1
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    Fri 06/12/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.97m Ian Purdom - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Christopher Arrand - x 3
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    Sat 07/12/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Steve & Ryan Martin - x 2 Waldek Myśliwy - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1
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    Mon 09/12/2024
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1
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    Tue 10/12/2024
    6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.74m Will sail with 4 anglers. Aaron & Steve - x 2
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    Sat 14/12/2024
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.46m Jeff Mosey - x 4 Oliver Venus - x 1
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    Tue 17/12/2024
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.48m Will sail with 4 anglers. Ian Purdom - x 1 Shaun Marchington - x 2
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    Thu 19/12/2024
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Greg Ince - x 1
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  • 06/02/2023 Fishing Report by peter stubbs on Sapphire 2 charters (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)

    6 Feb 2023 by peter stubbs

    Report on-board Sapphire 2 charters

    Monday 6th February,
    Uptide trip today has we headed out at 10am this morning ,
    Down goes the anchor after a few hours and fishing poor it was time for a move ,
    Fishing a bit better so give it a couple hours at this spot,
    3dr move proved to be better and has fishing was i said to the 4 lads out we will stay and fish the flood tide and ebb and proved to be better has darkness fell the fishing got better with codling to 7lb been the best,

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sapphire 2 charters
    Thu 21/11/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours £65.00pp
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    Sat 30/11/2024 £50.00pp
    UPTIDE Trip 6hr 10am to 4pm £50pp ( Places Available )
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    Sat 14/12/2024 5 Spaces £50.00pp
    Uptide 6hr 8am to 2pm £50pp ( 5 Places Available )
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  • 05/02/2023 Fishing Report by Lee Brown on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

    5 Feb 2023 by Lee Brown

    Report on-board Kelsey Leigh charter

    Cracking day coddling to for lb mark lovely sun rise tea coffee food on board call Lee thanks

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  • 05/02/2023 Fishing Report by Rich Ward on Shy-Torque III (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    5 Feb 2023 by Rich Ward

    Report on-board Shy-Torque III

    Yesterday, Artur Karbarz and 3 of his friends joins us along with 3 other lads.
    Our first run out for a week or so.

    Uptiding was the order of the day on a medium to high size tide.

    The first stop produced around a dozen Codling and some “chuck backs”

    Slack water arrived fairly early on the ebb and things went very quiet so we moved North around 3 miles and waited for the flood to bend through.
    Straight away as the water started moving, the Codling were playing and at the end of the day the crew ended up with 30 odd fish.

    Freshly replenished rigs are a must in the Uptiding game to keep the scents running down the tide. The more effort, the greater the rewards!

    Artur and his mate with the best of the catch with a dozen each.
    A lovely day out and nice company.

    Forecasts are set to be very settled next week and on ideal tides for the Uptiding.
    I’ll sail with just 3 anglers if anyone is interested.

    Cheers for now,
    Rich

    07733 233352
    richardward384@yahoo.co.uk

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Shy-Torque III
    Tue 19/11/2024 8 Spaces 9 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3 anglers. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Thu 21/11/2024 8 Spaces 8 Hours
    Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 3. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Mon 25/11/2024 7 Spaces 9 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 7 anglers. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.4m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. James 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Tue 26/11/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours
    Need 1 more for trip go-ahead. Room for 5 anglers. Excellent wrecking tide. 4.6m. Will sail with just 4 anglers. James 1. Dave Bradshaw 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Sat 30/11/2024 5 Spaces 8 Hours
    Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 4 anglers. John Price 1. Rich Wallen 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Sun 01/12/2024 7 Spaces 8 Hours
    Need 3 more for trip go-ahead. Uptiding trip. Will sail with just 4 anglers. Si England 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Sun 15/12/2024 1 Space 8 Hours
    Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition starts. Cash prizes! Room for 1. Si England 1. Rich Reynolds 2. Andy Howard 4. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Mon 16/12/2024 1 Space 8 Hours
    Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition. Cash prizes! Room for 1 angler. Al Sutcliffe 1. Cliff A 4. Lawrence Byrne 1. Chris Williamson 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Tue 17/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours
    Need 2 more for trip go-ahead. Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition. Cash prizes! Room for 6 anglers. Olly 1. Lawrence Byrne 1. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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    Wed 18/12/2024 6 Spaces 8 Hours
    Shy-Torque Uptiding Competition. Cash prizes! Big Sam 2. Cod / Coalfish (Coley/Saithe) / Ling (Common) / Pollock.
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  • 04/02/2023 Fishing Report by Andy Savage on Sea Urchin IIl (Whitby, North Yorkshire)

    4 Feb 2023 by Andy Savage

    Report on-board Sea Urchin IIl

    Great to have another day out today. Having missed the last week for poor weather we had a crew of mainly less experienced Uptiders on board.

    As I’ve said before; I love helping people to catch fish, so that’s what we did quite a bit of today. Starting off with a short run North with the Ebb Tide, we had the anchor down and were fishing within 30 minutes of leaving the harbour. Half the lads were on my hire tackle, so we went through baiting up, feeling the lead down, paying off line etc.. Within 10 minutes we were away and the bites and Codling came fairly regularly for the remainder of the Ebb Tide.

    First time boat angler James Mayes took the biggest Codling at a fraction over 5lb. As we started to lose the tide, (as has been the way recently), the bites slowed right down. We took the opportunity to run a few miles further North to catch the first of the Flood Tide. Just as the first flush of the new tide started, we were back in the game.

    Pleasingly, there were plenty of bites today and they were fairly consistent across the boat. Almost every Codling was immaculate with a beautiful white belly in perfect nick. Usual suspects of Squid and Black Lugworm did the bites, although to be fair, as long as there was some squid on the hook, the fish would come and find it.

    Banter was excellent today and James Mayes getting his rod butt tapped (to simulate a bite) by his mate was hilarious to watch as he struck into nothing while being videoed!! Raimondas Zokas…..you’re a bad man!!

    Thanks for a brilliant day out lads….. It flew by

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    UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL SPACES ONBOARD Sea Urchin IIl
    Tue 19/11/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.50 David Craine - x 2 Joe Clough - x 1 Ian Hepworth - x 2 John Ditchfield - x 1 Damian Walker - x 1
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    Tue 26/11/2024
    1 Space Available Good Wrecking Tide - 4.67m Paul Stone - x 2 Steve Ralphson - x 2 Chris Chatham - x 1 Rob Stevens - x 1 Bod - x 2
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    Tue 03/12/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 5.22m Dave & Del - x 2 Neil Kennedy - x 2 Stephen Austin - x 2 Petras Sinkonis - x 1
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    Fri 06/12/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.97m Ian Purdom - x 1 Joe Clough - x 1 Craig Henshaw - x 2 Christopher Arrand - x 3
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    Sat 07/12/2024
    1 Space Available Uptiding Trip - 4.83m Jimmy Yeung - x 1 Steve & Ryan Martin - x 2 Waldek Myśliwy - x 3 Marc Smith - x 1
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    Mon 09/12/2024
    7 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.88m Will sail with 4 anglers. Joe Clough - x 1
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    Tue 10/12/2024
    6 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 4.74m Will sail with 4 anglers. Aaron & Steve - x 2
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    Sat 14/12/2024
    3 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.46m Jeff Mosey - x 4 Oliver Venus - x 1
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    Tue 17/12/2024
    5 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.48m Will sail with 4 anglers. Ian Purdom - x 1 Shaun Marchington - x 2
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    Thu 19/12/2024
    4 Spaces Available Uptiding Trip - 5.15m Stan Matthews - x 1 David Craine - x 2 Greg Ince - x 1
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  • 04/02/2023 Fishing Report by Lee Brown on Kelsey Leigh charter (Tyne, Tyne and Wear)

    4 Feb 2023 by Lee Brown

    Report on-board Kelsey Leigh charter

    Well headed out with a good group of lads nothing big the day but good sport codling to 3 lb loads of good stamp whiting and a lobster call lee for spaces cheers 07974252450

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