Big Bass Bonanza: Keeping it Reel Slot

Hook Feature

Don’t give up immediately if you land only two Scatters in the base game. Whenever this occurs there is a chance that a hook animation may appear to drag a third onto the screen and trigger the bonus round.

Free Spins Bonus

A Leaping Fish appears as the game’s Scatter symbol - landing three or more of these will trigger the Free Spins Bonus.

3x Scatter symbols = 10 free spins

4x Scatter symbols = 15 free spins

5x Scatter symbols = 20 free spins

You can increase your chances of triggering this bonus round by selecting the increased stake option to the left of the reels. This raises your stake by 50%, while adding a greater number of Scatter symbols to the reels.

In addition to the regular symbols found in the base game, the Free Spins Bonus benefits from the addition of two Wild Symbols in the shape of a Fisherman and a Golden Fisherman.

During the Free Spins Bonus, all Fish symbols appear with an attached cash prize. These will be awarded as instant cash prizes each time they appear on the reels with either of the Fisherman Wild symbols.

Any Fish symbols that land without a Fisherman Wild will have their cash values added to the Fish Prize Pot that appears above the reels. This meter will continue to accumulate over the course of the round. However, with each spin, one fish with a random cash value escapes from the pot and takes the cash prize away with them.

The Golden Fisherman Wild symbol is the main one to be looking out for during the Free Spins Bonus. Should this appear, he will collect the cash values of any Fish on the reels, as well as the entire Fish Prize Pot.

If you collect the pot with a x10 multiplier, you could be on your way to hauling in a very big catch!

Bonus Round: Multiplier Trail

Big Bass Bonanza - Keeping it Reel also features the Multiplier Trail, which will be familiar to fans of previous games in the series. Any time any Fisherman Wild symbols appear on the reels, a section of the Trail will be lit up. Boosts are then available for every four sections lit, as follows:

• 4 Sections: 10 more free spins + x2 multiplier to all collected fish wins.
• 8 Sections: A further 10 free spins + x3 multiplier to all collected fish wins.
• 4 Sections: A further 10 free spins + x10 multiplier to all collected fish wins.

Random Features

Pragmatic Play have enhanced the excitement with the addition of a few random features, which may appear during the base game or bonus round.

• Dynamite Spins: During the Free Spins Bonus, if there are Fisherman on the reels but no Fish, a Dynamite Spin may explode into action, adding random Fish symbols to the reels.
• Bonus Round Hook Feature: During the free spins, whenever there are Fish on the reels but no Fisherman, a hook may appear at random to drag a Fisherman into action.
• Fisherman’s Net: This is another feature that can be triggered when the Fisherman appears on the reels without any fish. In this case, a fishing boat will drag a net across the reels to remove a selection of symbols that are then replaced by Fish symbols.

Our Verdict As usual, a Big Bass title delivers with a Free Spins Bonus. Usually quite hard to trigger without a Buy Bonus, the Hook feature in the base game helps to mitigate that somewhat. Love the multipliers, love the re-triggering potential, love the Dynamite Spins. The bonus has been souped up with so many extra features that this slot really stands out from the others that came before it in the series.