Switch [BUG] Freeze/softlock when trying to fish (any time/location)

laurelin88

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Hi, I am playing on the Switch and my game version is 1.5.4.1 (currently the latest).
I am playing single player only, and the problem only occurred yesterday, while three days ago there was no issue.

Whenever I try to fish, no matter the location or time of day, I am immediately unable to move or use any of the other controls.
The exclamation mark indicating a fish catch appears every few seconds, accompanied by a sound, but nothing else happens and the only way to stop this I found was to kill the game.

It is quite frustrating because I have lost an entire day's progress three days already :D
I looked around and there are reports of this on the Switch, but I think none of them refer to the softlock happening exclusively when fishing.

Thanks for any help or comments :)
 
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