Okay...I've been trying to play the game so far without checking for help from the forums or youtube but this seems more like a bug than a gameplay mechanic.
So...I have already completed the story. And for some reason I can't to take out my fishing rod AT ALL. I'm literally standing in the river at the area where I'm supposed to catch the second last remaining legendary fish and I still can't equip the rod. Rod remains gray with text, "Fishing rod cannot be equipped here". It has worked after finishing the story but I can't tell the point it stopped working. Also few days ago it suddenly worked normally at the Bayou area for short amount of time. And since then I've been trying to figure out what did I possibly do to make it work again and how to replicate that. This far I've found out that:
Changing outfit doesn't help.
Unequipping all the weapons won't help.
I tried killing a fisherman and take poor fellers rod but even that didn't help.
Restarting the game hasn't helped.
Sleeping for days made no difference.
I have tried literally every single river in the game at it doesn't seem to be about the location either.
I can't even remember all the silly things I've tried to get it work again.
To be honest, this ain't very big problem but it's holding me back from completing the legendary fish challenge at the point where I only have two fishes remaining. Not much of a trouble but rather frustrating. If anyone here is facing or has faced the same problem feel free to help me out or join and moan together. Any clues are well appreciated.
Cheers!