With Pragmatic Play's Big Bass slots making waves in the Take Me Fishin' Mega Tournament, we’re diving into the best titles for a reel-y good time! Here are our top 5 picks for a weekend of big catches and even bigger wins.
With the announcement of the upcoming Take Me Fishin' Mega Tournament & Daily Prize Drops, we decided to check out the game list. According to Pragmatic Play, all of their Big Bass game titles are eligible, with the only exceptions being any Halloween or Christmas-themed variants.
With that in mind, here are our top 5 Big Bass-themed games to enjoy this weekend!
✓ Big Bass Bonanza Megaways
Big Bass Bonanza Megaways is a light-hearted take on the franchise that incorporates the popular Megaways to win mechanic boosting paylines from 10 to 46,656. These changes have resulted in the title being a 6-reel, 7-row, very volatile slot with a maximum payout of 4000 times bet, which caps out at €400,000 when playing a max bet!
The high-paying symbols comprise a bobbin, caster, dragonfly, tacklebox, and bait. The game's Wild symbol is a fishing net. The bait symbol is also the Money symbol, which can trigger multipliers up to 4000x the total bet.
Handy game info:
To add another layer of excitement to Big Bass Bonanza Megaways, you will encounter a Tumble feature, which removes winning symbols and replaces them randomly for a chance at consecutive wins. There is also the random Money symbol, which boasts incredible payout potential.
Collecting up to 6 Scatters in a single game can trigger 25 Free Spins. The Fisherman symbols will collect all Money symbols for enhanced payouts and can activate a respin of the reels. When the Fisherman is alone on the reels, a dynamite animation can be triggered to add fish to the reels for him to collect potentially.
✓ Big Bass Return to the Races
Big Bass Return to the Races is a horse racing lover's dream slot. The popular casino game offers very high variance action across 5-reels and 3-rows with 10 fixed paylines, delivering wins up to 5000 times the base bet.
Join the Fisherman as he takes a day away from the lakes and rivers to bet on the best ponies the internet has ever seen. The high-value slot symbols include a champagne bucket, picnic basket, beer, binoculars, and 5 ponies in an array of colours.
Handy game info:
The game's feature set includes a Wild symbol, which completes non-winning lines, and Money symbols, which deliver win multipliers of up to 5000x the bet. Collecting 3, 4, or 5 Scatters will award 10, 15, or 20 free spins. A card selection mini-game can award either regular free spins or Golden Cup Spins; the former is played with the regular reels while the latter is played with Wild symbols, Money symbols, and blanks.
To stay in the action, you can use the Buy Free Spins option to purchase access to Free Spins for 100 times your bet or Golden Cup Spins for 270 times your bet. Alternatively, activate the Ante Bet feature, which raises your stake by 50% while enhancing your chances of collecting Scatters organically.
✓ Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake
The adventures continue with Pragmatic Play and its versatile Big Bass franchise. This time, we’re off to catch ye olde knights and knickknacks in this high variance 5-reel, 3-row video slot. Enjoy toe-tapping music and exciting gameplay across 10 fixed paylines as you spin to win up to €1,250,000 from a single lucky spin.
Keeping with the franchise and the specific game setting, the high-value symbols now consist of a wooden bobbin, a dragonfly, a caster, a tackle box, and a cluster of fish. The Wild, however, is the Fisherman wearing a gold crown and medieval armour!
Handy game info:
Bonus features in Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake include Wild symbols for completing pay lines and Scatterrs for triggering the central Free Spins feature. Play with up to 20 free spins by collecting 3 or more Scatters in a single game. At the beginning of the round, draw a card to determine if you will play the regular free spins or the Golden Lake Spins, where only Wilds, Money symbols and banks will appear on the reels.
Don’t miss out on a single free spin by using the Bonus Buy feature to trigger more free games instantly. Free Spins will cost 100 times your bet, while Golden Lake Spins will cost 270 times.
To make the most of the game's top payout of 5000 times bet, be sure to play at max bet and activate the Ante Bet feature, which increases your stake by 50%.
✓ Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe
The time has come to head to Las Vegas for some of the most out-of-place fishing slot action you’ve ever dreamed of with Big Bass Vegas Double Down Deluxe! This highly volatile slot features free spins and big wins across 5x3 reels with 10 fixed ways to win. Don’t let the big one get away, and you could win up to €1,250,000 from any single spin of the reels.
In addition to the up-tempo score, the developers have updated the high-value symbols to match the setting. Now you can win big by collecting pink speedboats, flamingoes, neon rods, tackle boxes and bedazzled fish! There are also two Wild fisherman symbols clearly influenced by Elvis and a Scatter that is beyond words.
Handy game info:
To paint the town red, Pragmatic Play provided an exciting set of bonus features, including Money symbols (worth up to 5000x), two Wilds, and Scatters necessary to trigger the free spin feature. Play with 15, 20 or 25 free games, depending on how many Scatters you land on the reels. You can trigger 10 bonus spins by collecting red and blue Fisherman symbols while playing free games.
To give yourself the best chances of landing the game's top payout of 5000 times your bet, you can Buy Free Spins for 100x or Super Free Spins for 300x at any time during the base game. Top tip: activate the Ante Bet to boost your bet by 50% and increase your maximum win payout to €1.25 million.
✓ Big Bass Crash
While we’re pretty sure this won’t qualify for the promotion, we love crash games, and the fact that Pragmatic Play has themed it around their Big Bass franchise is simply incredible. Welcome to Big Bass Crash!
The implementation of Big Bass characters and imagery with the crash gameplay mechanics is phenomenal. The main character is the fisherman on a boat rather than a jet or plane heading into the clouds. The fish are the collectables that increase your score, not distance markers. Finally, the crash comes when the net breaks, allowing the fish to escape!
Handy game info:
Playing is as simple and intuitive as you would expect from a crash game. Set your bet amount, wait for the next round to begin and then make a call on when to haul in your catch to cashout your winnings. Leave it too long, and the net will break, reducing your earnings to zero.
The developer incorporated various quality-of-life features, such as automatic cashout multipliers and a safety bet known as "Cashout 50%”, which allows you to receive half the be while the remainder is allocated to a riskier reward target.
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