Big Catch Bass Fishing

Big Catch Bass Fishing: Slot Overview

Imagine someone whose only exposure to fish was via online gambling. Picture them visiting the seaside and watching a fisherman pull a fish from the water. Would they then expect to receive a monetary reward? Possibly, probably not, but a fisherman symbol awarding the monetary values attached to the fish he catches symbolises what Big Catch Bass Fishing from Blueprint Gaming is all about. Not the most original idea, we hear you say, well Big Catch Bass Fishing isn't the most original slot in general, as it is uncannily close to the Blueprint Gaming slot Fishin' Frenzy The Big Splash. In fact, after closer inspection, it appears Big Catch Bass Fishing is basically a reskin. If that sounds all fine and dandy, please join us as we bait up and cast off again.

The main difference between Big Catch Bass Fishing and Fishin' Frenzy The Big Splash is that the former looks like a more modern online game. Say goodbye to the retro looks of a Fishin' Frenzy release; say hello to mountains, trees, and a lot of water. Lake water, river water, seawater, not sure. Apparently, there are saltwater bass and freshwater bass, so the location is up for interpretation. Perhaps this diversity is why slot designers have fallen for bass so much; they can locate the fish anywhere they like. For Big Catch Bass Fishing, the spot is quite idyllic and as good a place as any to attempt landing money symbols.

Before doing so, players select a stake of 10 p/c to $/€100 and may opt for the feature buy or wait for it to trigger organically as a real angler might patiently do. Medium/high volatile, Big Catch Bass Fishing is available in two RTP models, the highest being 95%, and this figure remains the same whether buying the bonus round or not. A 5-reel, 3-row gaming matrix is where the action plays out, possessing 10 paylines. Pretty standard stuff, in other words.

All pay symbols trigger a payout for landing at least 3 of a kind, except the highest-value boat symbol, which pays out for 2 or more. Starting with the low pays, we've got 10 to A scaly card ranks worth 5-10x the bet, any combination of fish symbols for 20x the bet, then the high pay tackle box, dragonfly, rod, and boat worth 50 to 200 times the bet for a 5 OAK win. Wilds appear on all five reels and can replace any regular paying symbol. If making their own wins, wilds have the same payout value as the boat symbol.

Big Catch Bass Fishing: Slot Features

One thing to note is the wild symbol does not appear until the bonus round triggers. This occurs when 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols land, awarding 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively.

Pick A Fish

Before free spin starts, players take part in the Pick A Fish feature by selecting 1 of the fish displayed on the screen. The chosen fish reveals an upgrade that is added to the free spins round, which may be:

• A Cash Tag added to one of the non-card royal symbol types.
• +Fish – additional Fisherman symbols are added to the reels.
• +Collect – cash values will be collected multiple times.
• Re-Spin – all non-Cash and Fisherman symbols will be respun. Reels keep spinning until the win is no longer improved.
• +Games – additional games will be awarded.

Free Spins

In free spins, when the Fisherman symbol lands at the same time as fish money symbols or any premium symbols that received Cash Tags from the Pick A Fish feature, the cash values are awarded. Also, Fisherman symbols are collected on a meter beside the reels when they land, as well. Upon collecting 2, 6, or 10 Fisherman symbols, players win extra upgrades from the Pick A Fish feature. When collecting 4, 8, or 12 Fisherman symbols, +10 free spins are awarded each time, with a multiplier of x2, x3, and x10, respectively. Multipliers apply to the cash rewards the Fisherman collects, and retriggered spins begin when the current lot ends.

Bonus Buy

Big Catch Bass Fishing lets players buy their way to the free spins round for the cost of 100 times the bet. Once bought, at least 3 scatter symbols will hit, triggering the feature.

Big Catch Bass Fishing: Slot Verdict

What is it with fish, and bass specifically, that gets casino game makers all weak at the knees? Imagine a gambling convention on a sunny island, a convention centre packed with iGaming peeps chowing down on freshly caught and prepared sea bass stretching as far as the eye can see. Really, there are a lot of these games available already, and if history is any guide, it's likely a lot of them are on the way as well. Blueprint Gaming is one of the most productive studios when it comes to fishing slots, too, it must be said. The iconic slot Fishin' Frenzy has gone through the re-jig ringer so many times on the studio's watch that it's hard to keep count. And then there are all the Pragmatic Play Bass slots too to take into account, many of which more or less already offer what Big Catch Bass Fishing does.

This method of endless tweaking is made easier in some ways if a company is going to switch out the optics and leave pretty much everything else the same, which appears to be the case with Big Catch Bass Fishing. Why? Who knows, but clearly, there remains a chunk of the gambling community who can't wait to get its hands on the next fishing release, even if it's all been done before. Ah well, if anyone was put off by Fishin' Frenzy, The Big Splash's retro heritage might be excited by Big Catch Bass Fishing's more modern appearance.

That's one positive take on Big Catch Bass Fishing, and for the record, if the fish are biting to full capacity, potential clocks in at 4,000x the bet. A less positive take is the feeling experienced about 3 zeptoseconds after clocking the fact Big Catch Bass Fishing is a redo of a previous, mid-tier fishing slot. This was a feeling of exasperation, and after ploughing through for a while, initial suspicions were confirmed. Outside of its updated appearance, there was very little to nothing in Big Catch Bass Fishing we hadn't cast off for in the past.