I just tried to start leveling up fishing, and whenever I managed to complete the fishing mini-game my character would freeze and I could no longer move or fish.

I was able to unfreeze myself the first time by closing and re-opening the game client, but upon catching a second fish the problem happened again.

Am I doing something wrong? Don't want to have to re-open the game for every single fish.

Wait a moment if you cancel fishing before starting again.

This will be fixed in a future update.

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I'm having this same issue, but regardless of what I do after cancelling a cast, or allowing the fish to "tire" it will always lock the character the next time you try and fish. I have just waited 3 minutes between casts, and changed the bait and it still locks me out. Not ideal for low level fishing where you need to try and avoid the heavier fish

don't allow a fish to tire you out either. It'll get fixed.

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I'm experiencing this issue as well. Is there a fix for this yet?

Nope. Here are some things I found to avoid:

1) Don't cancel an item or a fish. Monsters are OK to cancel.
2) Don't let a fish or item time out. Monster are OK to time out.
3) Don't fish without bait on the hook. If you do, wait a few minutes/run around before fishing again. Should help.

Another trick that seems to work sometimes is if you are frozen, engage a monster that is nearby and then disengage, this breaks it if you are able to do it.

This may be fixed in the next maint which should happen soon

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thanks for the tips!

Im having the same problem. Hope this gets fixed. I wont be able to fish until its fixed. I've tried everything.

Same here. This is still an issue. My character can't move or fish if I lose a catch. I can't even log out :(