I get fishing for food. It’s a relatively stable and healthy option. Fishing for sport confuses me. You sit for hours waiting for the little bugger to impale itself on your hook. And once it does? You just throw it back. It seems like a lot of effort to end right where you began.

Now, a fishing slot with the chance to win as much as €300,000, that I get! So, let’s see how good the fishing is in The Greatest Catch slot from Evoplay.

Time to go fishing

When my father was young, fishing was one of his favorite pastimes. In an effort to share that passion and sneak in some father-son time, he often took me down to the river to see if we could catch something. Spoiler, we never did. And I was always bored out of my skull.

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That won’t be the case with The Greatest Catch slot, however. This may be the best-looking fishing-themed slot I’ve come across. The lazy fisherman naps in his boat on the surface as the reels spin below. Everything is illustrated beautifully, including the hat, boot, frog, cooler bag, and fish symbols. This slot is worth checking out for the graphics alone if nothing else.

Choose from the day’s catch

Fishing is all about the catch. If you don’t get anything on the line, it’s easy to feel demotivated and less likely to come out onto the water the next day.

So, let’s talk about the base game bonus features first. There is none. Moving swiftly along to free spins.

With the appearance of three or more scatter symbols, you’ll unlock a round of between 10 and 20 free spins. Once triggered, a set of buoys will appear above the reels. With each wild that appears on the reels, you will progress one buoy down the line. Every fourth buoy will award ten extra spins. Each free spins buoy will also add a multiplier from 2x to 10x your wild wins.

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Then you get the fisherman wild. When a fisherman wild and at least one fish land on the reels, the fisherman will reel in all the amounts featured on the fish and award the combined win. If a wild appears and no fish are on the reels, between three and six sticks of dynamite will be thrown into the lake, turning any symbol into a fish symbol.

Is The Greatest Catch slot fresh or fishy?

I really wish The Greatest Catch slot had some base game bonus features. The rest of the slot is near perfect. It has got some fantastic graphics, a unique free spins feature, and an impressive €300,000 max win. The medium to high volatility isn’t ideal but certainly not a deal-breaker, and the 96.09% RTP rating is another one for the win column.

The issue is that with that medium to high volatility, cracking a shot at free spins takes longer than you’d like. This is where a base game bonus feature would have been ideal. It gives a little additional entertainment between rounds of free spins. Unfortunately, The Greatest Catch slot doesn’t even have a wild in the base game.

If you’re looking to continue your fishing trip, I recommend giving Ocean’s Treasure and Ocean’s Opulence a try.