Bigger Catch Bass Fishing Slot by Blueprint Gaming

The original Big Catch Bass Fishing was Reel Time Gaming's bass-flavoured spin on the Fishin' Frenzy formula. This one keeps the same lake-and-mountains setting, the same fisherman protagonist with his green cap and orange beard, the same chunky bass icons, but bolts a Lightning Spins hold-and-win round onto the side of the existing Free Games engine. You now have two separate bonus modes feeding off the same cast of symbols.

The base game is plain. Royals A through J share reel space with fishing tackle low symbols (a rod, a bobber, a hook), the Mega/Major/Minor/Mini cashpot ladder sits on the left rail showing 2000, 100, 25 and 10 at GBP 1 stake, and the underwater section of the reels is broken up by drifting dragonflies. The Wild fisherman is dormant here. He only wakes up inside the bonuses, which is why hits feel sparse until you trigger something.

Three Boat scatters award 10 Free Games, four awards 15, five awards 20. Inside, every Fisherman that lands sweeps up all visible Bass cash values (20, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 or 500 times the line bet on the fish themselves), and the Golden Fisherman repeats the sweep with a multiplier of x2 to x10 layered on top. Collect four Fishermen across the round and the lowest-paying Bass upgrades to the next size, plus you bank five extra games. That upgrade chain is the route to the 50,000x cap.

Lightning Spins is the other path. Land 4+ Lightning scatters and you drop into a three-respin hold-and-win where every new Bass or Fisherman resets the counter back to 3. Fishermen still collect every cash value on screen, Golden Fishermen still multiply the collection by up to x10, and filling every position applies an overall multiplier of up to x5 on the total. It's a cleaner, more compressed version of the Free Games payout loop.

If you don't want to wait, the Buy Bonus button sits permanently to the right of the reels and lets you pick which of the two rounds to enter directly. Worth knowing which round you're buying into, because the Free Games path leans on the upgrade mechanic for big hits while Lightning Spins is a faster, lower-ceiling grind.