This happens in survival or creative modes, with any fishing rod. You can throw the line and reel it normally, but the moment a fish bites it becomes impossible to reel. Pressing anything does nothing (even though the hand animation plays). It is only possible to reel again once the fish goes away.
MC-181517
Fishing Rod Cannot Reel Fish
Resolved
Duplicate
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Vinicius Meirelles Pereira
(Unassigned)
Unconfirmed
(Unassigned)
20w18a
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We're actually already tracking this issue in MC-181424, so I resolved and linked this ticket as a duplicate.
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