The slot looks okay visually, what bothers us is the hit frequency of 1 in 8. That’s quite high since it drops a winner on every eighth spin. The low-value symbols are the card symbols from 10 to Aces.
When 5 matching symbols pitch payouts can be as high as 10x your stake. The high-value symbols are the fishing pole, dragonfly, tackle box, and the boat. The premium symbols pay as much as 200x the stake for 5 matches.
The Fisherman Wild substitutes symbols when it completes payline wins except for the scatter. The wild symbol only lands once the free spins feature triggers.
The Fish Symbols award random payouts of 20 cents to 50x after each spin. You can also catch the values of the money symbols with a random multiplier of up to 50x.
Free Spins
You’ll initiate 10, 15, or 20 free spins when 3, 4, or 5 scatters land. One of two random features improves your chances of landing a third scatter in the base game. The Octopus symbol transforms symbols into scatters.
You’ll meet the Fisherman Wild in the free spins and each wild offers its cash rewards. You’ll start with a 1x multiplier which increases for every Fisherman wild that lands. Their values also combine and four Fisherman wilds award an extra 10 free spins.
Random money symbols and the Octopus can land in case there are no Fisherman wilds. Moreover, the Octopus can drag a Fisherman wild onto the reels changing random symbols.
Buy Option Free Spins
If you don’t want to sit out the free spins feature you can buy them for 100x the stake. If you want to trigger the Super Free Spins bonus it will cost you 300x. You’ll snag 10 free spins and 3 wilds instead of four.
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What We Like About
The slot has a lot going for it and we like the two free spins features. The question is how often will they trigger and what the average payout out will be. Knowing the Big Bass series the payouts can be astronomical.
Tips & Strategy
When we play games as volatile as Big Bass Float My Boat we play the slots for free. It will be bankroll suicide to play it without testing it first. One player asked us if she could play it with a bonus. We said, no.
That’s entirely up to you but the wagering requirements and the brutal volatility will spoil the fun. However, you can ask the online casino for a small free chip on the house.
How to Win Money Big Bass Float My Boat
Since we’ve been down this road before with the Big Bass slots series, we used the buy option. We played the slot for the maximum of $250 and tested the Super Free Spin slots once.
So, how did it go? Pardon the pun but everything but swimmingly. We had to fork out $75,000 that’s chump change because it could pay $1.25 million.
Even though we landed 20 free spins the payout we got was $17,875 so a resounding loss! Had we played it for real money we would have been down in dumps by now.
Verdict: Big Bass Float My Boat Slot
The volatility is something to behold. We only tested it for 50 spins and then the buy option. It appears that even $100K free credits don’t mean much and that’s an ominous omen.
To such an extent the slot spooks us and that seldom happens. Then again, hit the maximum multiplier in the free spins along with those Fisherman Wilds and you’re in the money.
The Big Bass Series stood the test of time and they’re like the Mega Moolah series for Pragmatic Play. We’ve seen a bunch of them and we’ll most probably see a few again soon.
So, is too much of a good thing a bad thing? We leave that up to players to decide, but for now, we had our fill of the Big Bass slots. If you have an appetite for one more.
Check out Big Bass Day At The Races. The jackpot is 10,000x, the RTP 96.06% and it offers a slew of free spins.
