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How can I get the fisherman's fishing pole?
  • 1 of 13: Go to the pier and talk to him.
  • 2 of 13: You'll learn that you need to win his bet to get his fishing pole.
  • 3 of 13: You need to find a big fish.
  • 4 of 13: There is one inside the kitchen of the governor's mansion on Booty Island. (It is a fish fry, after all.)
  • 5 of 13: But the cook's not going to let you into the kitchen.
  • 6 of 13: You're just going to have to get him to come out of the kitchen.
  • 7 of 13: Do something to annoy him.
  • 8 of 13: Pick up the garbage cans to shake them.
  • 9 of 13: The cook will come out.  But you need to get him far enough away from the kitchen that he won't see you trying to enter.
  • 10 of 13: He really seems intent on making sure you hear what he says.
  • 11 of 13: That means that he'll follow you.
  • 12 of 13: Walk a lap around the house (go to the front on one side and around to the back via the other), and you'll lose the cook long enough to get a fish.
  • 13 of 13: Then give your fish to the fisherman, and you'll get his pole.