Big Bass Trophy Catch Slot Review

Back in 1932, a guy named George Perry pulled a 22-pound, 4-ounce largemouth bass out of a lake in Georgia and accidentally ruined the next 77 years of competitive fishing for everyone else. 🎣

Fast forward to 2009, and Japanese angler Manabu Kurita finally thought he had the thing beaten, only for his fish to weigh in at the exact same number. It's had to be hard to even celebrate something like that.🪝

It’s time to explore Big Bass Trophy Catch slot from Pragmatic Play.

Gameplay

Anyone who's spent time with the Big Bass series knows what's coming: an underwater backdrop, a bearded fisherman doing the heavy lifting, and a grid filled with things you'd find in a tackle shop.

The game plays on a 5-reel, 3-row grid. A Fishing Bobber, a Dragonfly, a Fishing Reel, and a Tackle Box are high-paying symbols. The Bass Fish (Money symbol) rounds out the premium side. Low-paying symbols are the card royals A, K, Q, J, and 10.

The Fisherman Wild appears on all reels but only during Free Spins, and substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter and Money symbols.

You can see three different colored fishermen on the left side: Green (20 Free Spins), Red (15 Free Spins), and Blue (10 Free Spins). These will make more sense later.

These are the game stats: 10 paylines, a 96.50% RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.

RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate., high volatility, a 5,000x max multiplier, and a $350,000 max win.

Features

MONEY SYMBOLS

The Money symbol is the Bass Fish, which carries a value ranging from 2x to 5,000x. Note that the Money symbols only pay out when a Fisherman Wild collects them during Free Spins.

FREE SPINS

Hit 3, 4, or 5 Scatters to trigger 10, 15, or 20 Free Spins, respectively. If 2 Scatters land without a third, a hook animation can randomly reel in another one.

During Free Spins, every Fisherman Wild that lands collects the values from all Money symbols on screen. All Wilds that land during the feature accumulate, with every 4th Wild collected triggering a retrigger, awarding 10 more spins.

You can follow your progress on the meter at the top, and the collection multiplier gets an upgrade with each retrigger: 2x on the first, 3x on the second, and 10x on the third. Three upgrades are the maximum.

You may also trigger random modifiers during the round when Scatters are collected in a fisherman:

• x2 All Wins - Doubles the multiplier on all Money collections by the Fisherman Wild, and multiplies all winning combinations by 2x.
• More Fish - More Money symbols appear on the reels for the rest of the round.
• More Men - More Fisherman Wild symbols appear on the reels for the rest of the round.
• In addition to all of this, 1-5 additional spins are randomly awarded.

If at least one Wild is on screen, Money symbols can appear in random positions. Randomly, if there are Wilds on the reels but no Money symbols, a bazooka animation can add Money symbols to the grid.

ANTE BET

The Ante BetAn Ante Bet is an option that costs a percentage of your bet but increases your chances of landing triggering symbols that initiate a feature. costs 15x and increases your chances of triggering Free Spins.

BUY BONUS

The game offers two different Buy Bonus options:

• Free Spins (100x) - Guarantees 3, 4, or 5 Scatters on your next spin, triggering at least 10 Free Spins.
• Super Free Spins (300x) - Also guarantees 3, 4, or 5 Scatters, but all the modifiers (x2 All Wins, More Fish, and More Men) are activated from the start.

Performance

I didn’t experience any issues while testing the game.

Max Win

Players can bet anywhere from $0.20 to $70.00. It takes landing the 5,000x max multiplier on a $70.00 bet to walk away with the $350,000 max win.

Conclusion

The base game is pretty quiet, if we're being honest. You're picking up small wins here and there, but those Money symbols won't pay until you're in Free Spins.

That’s where the Fisherman plays an important role. Every time he lands, he collects all values on screen. Every 4 Wilds collected retriggers the feature and bumps the multiplier to 2x, then 3x, then 10x.

There will be some rounds where the Fisherman barely leaves the screen. In other rounds, he goes cold, and you never get close to 10x. That’s just how it goes.

The modifiers are the cherry on top. More Fish and More Men flood the reels with more symbols and more collectors at the same time. The x2 All Wins doubles every collection on top of that, but if you can get all 3 running together at 10x, you're in for a treat.

Activating the Super Free Spins at 300x drops you straight into that setup from spin one, but it's expensive. The Ante BetAn Ante Bet is an option that costs a percentage of your bet but increases your chances of landing triggering symbols that initiate a feature. is the cheaper alternative, offering more Scatters and more frequent triggers.

Slot Details

Game Provider: Pragmatic Play
Game Type: Video Slots
PaylinesPaylines are preset lines that run across the reels, and when you land matching symbols on them, that will result in a payout. The more paylines, the more ways you can win, but also the higher your bet per spin.: 10
RTPRTP stands for “Return to Player.” The RTP describes the total bet amount that a game returns to players over millions of spins, and that figure is represented by a percentage. Table games, such as Roulette, typically have higher RTPs than many slots.

RTP needs to be considered in conjunction with a game’s volatility rate.: 96.50%
Volatility RateSlot games can have low, medium, high, or extremely high volatility rates (or a combination thereof).

The less volatile the game, the more often it should pay out, but the lower the amount, the less the payout, as this is in keeping with the risk you’re taking. Volatility rate should be considered in conjunction with a game’s RTP.: High
Bonus Round: Yes
Progressive: No
Free Rounds: Free Spins
Max Multiplier: 5,000x
Max Win: $350,000
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