Big Bass Floats My Boat

Just like in the spooky Big Bass Halloween demo, we see a 5×3 grid in the setup where symbols pay from left to right on adjacent reels over 10 paylines with the following max awards:  

• Fishing Boat – Pays 200x for 5 on a payline  
• Fishing Rod – Pays 100x for 5 on a payline  
• Dragonfly – Pays 50x for 5 on a payline  
• Lure Box– Pays 50x for 5 on a payline  
• A Symbol – Pays 10x for 5 on a payline  
• K Symbol – Pays 10x for 5 on a payline  
• Q Symbol – Pays 5x for 5 on a payline  
• J Symbol – Pays 5x for 5 on a payline  
• 10 Symbol – Pays 5x for 5 on a payline  

Scatter Symbol – lands on all reels and triggers the Free Spins.  

Wild Symbol – hits on all reels during the Free Spins and can replace all other symbols except for the Scatter and the Money Symbols.  

Money Symbol – takes a random value from 2x to 50x the total bet on every spin, which can be won during the Free Spins bonus.  

Free Spins – This exciting feature is triggered when you hit three or more Scatters on the reels. Now, when it comes to triggering the Free Spins round, as this game really wants you to get your Free Spins, two mechanics that help you activate them:  

• Whenever 2 Scatters land on the reels, but not a third, there is a chance that a sneaky octopus crawls up and turns a random symbol into a Scatter.   
• Whenever 2 Scatters land on the reels, but not a third, and both Scatters can move one position down on the reels, a respin will occur on the remaining reels, and the ones with existing Scatters move one position downwards.   

Then, just like the other titles in the series, how many spins you receive depends on how many Scatters landed. You can win either 10, 15, or 20 Free Spins.  

As you spin, the Fisherman catches the Money Fish Symbols – just like in the Big Bass Splash Demo. Sometimes, when the Wild Symbol hits, but no Money symbols are around to be collected, that lovable octopus makes a return and intervenes to spin up the reels, exposing some juicy cash-filled fish for the fisherman to snatch up! Then, the octopus pulls the same trick for the fisherman – when there are fish to be caught, but no Fisherman, he’ll do his thing to land a Fisherman Wild. These really pile up the winnings, but that’s not all!   

Every time the fisherman makes a catch, the special meter fills up at the top of the reels. It grants bonuses, each one better than the last as it progressively fills during the Free Spins round. This sees us getting awesome prizes as the meter goes up, such as extra Free Spins and increasing the multiplier applied to the Money symbols.   

The last element of this incredible round is the grid multiplier. At the start of this exciting round, all positions on the grid have a multiplier of 1x. Every time a Money Symbol lands on the position, the multiplier increases by 1x and applies to the next Money symbol hitting that specific position.  

Buy Free Spins – Triggering the Free Spins can also happen with the Bonus Buy option, activating the bonus round for 100x total current bet.  

Ante Bet – This is another way to up the action – the option to increase your chances to receive Scatter Symbols. Enabling the Ante Bet activates a 15x bet multiplier, which causes the gameplay to produce more Scatters, as mentioned above.  

Betting starts nice and low at € 0.10 and goes up to € 375. There is a terrific max win of 5000x, available both in the base game and the Free Spins. As always with Pragmatic Play titles, the RTP doesn’t disappoint with a decently high theoretical RTP of 96.07%. The game has a high volatility, rewarding strong betting.  

We feel that this edition of the super successful series brings things back from the original style we saw in the Big Bass Bonanza demo all those years ago. This time, it’s a sunsety backdrop, with the fisherman on his new fishing boat in a beautiful tranquil bay, with the clouds floating by and the occasional flock of birds drifting across the sky. The reels are classically divided by bubble, fitting them perfectly into the setting, as there is no intrusive border separating the fish from the water – as it should be! The sound effects are simply fun, and the music, calm and charming.  

Social Tournaments received another great addition to the franchise, with a strong feeling of returning to its roots, along with new and exciting gameplay to keep the thrill alive. As always, the free online slot lacks nothing when it comes to gameplay and excitement. Grab your fishing gear and set out to this beautiful spot, courtesy of Pragmatic Play.  

Take a trip from the coast to the track in the Big Bass Day at the Races demo for even more gameplay goodness!