Ocean Catch Bonus Buy Slot by Evoplay

Twelve paylines on a 5x4 grid, and most of the action comes from symbols that aren't even on the paytable. Fish land with instant multipliers attached - x1, x3, x5, or x7 during the base game - but they sit there doing nothing unless a Wild shows up on the same spin. When it does, each Wild scoops every fish value on the grid and pays the total. Two Wilds on screen means that sum gets paid twice, independently. It's a collect mechanic where the collector and the collectible both need to appear together, and a random Dynamite event helps by converting 3-6 regular symbols into fish whenever at least one Wild is present.

The background is all warm-toned underwater blues with a red fishing boat bobbing on the surface, a tropical island with sandstone cliffs behind it, and thick shafts of light cutting down through the water. Symbols split between fishing gear - a brass compass, an orange life preserver, khaki vests, brown boots - and standard card royals in chunky cartoon lettering. Nine buy-in options let you skip straight to Free Spins: three fishing locations (Bay, Lagoon, Ocean) crossed with three spin counts (10/12/15), priced from 88x to 175x.

Those three locations are the decision point. Bay keeps fish values low (x1-x7) with a Gold Fish at x25. Ocean pushes to x15-x30 and a x100 Gold Fish. Lagoon sits in between. The Dynamite feature still fires during Free Spins but won't produce Gold Fish - only standard values. And there's a five-tier Wild progression running underneath: every 4 Wilds collected bumps the multiplier up one level (x2, x5, x7, x10, x20) and adds 8 extra spins. That multiplier applies to both fish collection payouts and regular payline wins the Wild sits on. Two Wilds on the same payline have their multipliers summed, not multiplied.

Reel 5 drops a Tackle Box during the bonus that always pays something - either a temporary multiplier boost (x3 to x20 layered on top of the current Wild multiplier for one spin) or extra spins. A 1.5x ante bet toggle in the base game doubles the chance of triggering Free Spins naturally, with wins calculated on the original stake.