Bigger Bass Bonanza Review

RTP: 96.71%
Variance: High
Max cash prize: 4,000x
Reel grid: 5x4
Winning ways: 12 Lines
Date released: 16/09/2021

Bigger Bass Bonanza Stretches the Grid, Keeps the Math

Bigger Bass Bonanza keeps the original's fishing trip but stretches the grid from three rows to four, and that extra reel space changes how the whole thing breathes on a phone screen. Twelve lines now cross the 5x4 field instead of ten, and the Money Collect mechanic has room to spread out, with tagged bass landing across more positions each spin. The fisherman Wild still only shows up during Free Spins, still sweeps up every visible money value when he lands, and every fourth one he banks pushes the round toward a retrigger with a rising Multiplier. High volatility means the base game can feel quiet between features, but the 4,000x ceiling gives the bonus round a clear target. Pragmatic Play kept the RTP at 96.71 percent, same as the first game, so the bigger grid is doing the heavy lifting here rather than any shift in the maths.

How to play

Bigger Bass Bonanza drops you into a Fishing adventure on a 5x4 grid with 12 Lines. Your goal is to line up symbols from the leftmost reel, while watching for the Scatter that opens the Free Spins round. Each spin is a fresh decision: set your stake, spin, and see what the reels bring.

Set your bet and spin Use the plus and minus buttons to adjust the total bet, then press the Spin button to start the reels. Wins pay left to right on adjacent reels along the 12 Lines, starting from the leftmost reel. High volatility means payouts can be spaced out.
Trigger the Free Spins round Land three or more Scatter symbols anywhere on the grid to enter Free Spins. Three Scatters award 10 free spins, four award 15, and five award 20. The round plays on special reels with a Wild collector active.
Collect with the Wild During Free Spins, every Wild that lands gathers the cash values of all Money Collect fish symbols on screen. Every fourth Wild collected retriggers the feature with 10 extra spins and raises the Multiplier to x2, x3, then x10.

In-game screenshots

How the symbols pay out

x2 / x3 / x4 / x5

Fishing boat / dinghy High 0.50 / 5.00 / 20.00 / 200.00
Fishing rod & reel High — / 3.00 / 15.00 / 100.00
Fishing lure (feathered jig) High — / 2.00 / 10.00 / 50.00
Tackle box High — / 2.00 / 10.00 / 50.00
MONEY symbol (bass / fish pile) Other — / — / — / —
A Low — / 0.50 / 2.50 / 10.00
K Low — / 0.50 / 2.50 / 10.00
Q Low — / 0.50 / 2.50 / 10.00
J Low — / 0.50 / 2.50 / 10.00
10 Low — / 0.50 / 2.50 / 10.00
WILD (Fisherman mascot) Wild — / — / — / —
SCATTER (leaping bass) Scatter — / — / — / —

Managing your bankroll and volatility

Bigger Bass Bonanza leaves you three levers before and during a session: how much you stake per spin, how fast the reels run, and whether spins play manually or through autoplay. Each one changes a different part of the experience, and none of them touches the random outcome itself.

Setting the stake scales every collected value

You adjust the total bet, from $0.12 to $240.00, before any spin. Because each Money symbol is assigned 2x to 4000x that bet, a higher stake raises the cash size of every value the Wild can later collect, without any documented effect on how often Free Spins arrive.

Spin speed changes pace, not results

Quick spin and turbo spin, via the speed icon or by holding Space, only shorten the reel animation. The research shows the same random resolution underneath, so a faster pace simply means more spins per hour and a quicker drain or build on your balance, with no change to the 96.71% RTP.

Autoplay trades attention for fewer inputs

Autoplay runs up to 100 spins at the current bet, with optional turbo, quick spin and screen-skipping. It removes the need to press Spin each round, which helps if clicking is tiring, but the stake stays locked at whatever you set first and the outcomes remain exactly as random as manual play.

Base game, free spins and more

Everything here runs on a 5x4 grid with 12 fixed paylines, and the two states feed one another: what the reels produce in ordinary play decides whether the feature starts, and the feature is where the values built up on those same reels finally get collected.

Base Game	This is the state every spin begins in. Twelve fixed lines pay left to right from the leftmost reel, and fish symbols carry random cash values on top of their paytable wins. Those values only matter later: landing three or more Scatters here is what opens the Free Spins round.
Free Spins	This state begins only after the base game delivers 3, 4 or 5 Scatters, awarding 10, 15 or 20 spins. The fisherman Wild now appears, substituting and gathering every visible fish value. Each fourth collected Wild adds 10 spins with a x2, x3 then x10 collection multiplier, and the round ends at 4000x bet.

Works on your device

Autoplay: Yes

What bonuses are on offer

Bonus purchase: No

What this slot offers

Free Spins
Money Collect
Multiplier
Scatter
Wild

Themes

Fishing adventure

Bets and stakes

Minimum bet: 0.12
Max bet allowed: 240.00
Bet currency: USD

What we think

What players like

Free-spins WILD collector retriggers with x2, x3, x10 multipliers, giving the 4000x cap a clear route
Battery saver toggle, quick spin and autoplay suite suit long one-handed mobile sessions

Drawbacks

WILDs appear only in free spins, so base-game MONEY values stay uncollected and flat

Casinos offering this game

1XBET Some weeks end below the starting line, and this operator softens those. Losses across a calendar week are refunded at 12 percent, paid as cash the following Monday, capped at $200 per account and free of wagering. Get started

More slots worth checking from the studio

11/09/2026 Date published

Switch to real-money play