Big Bass – Keeping it Reel slot by Pragmatic Play! Friendly neighbourhood fisherman is back and this time he’s keeping it “reel”.
Set underwater in the hopes of catching a few big wins, this online slot features 10 paylines to match symbols into, or land Scatters to trigger the game’s bonus round of Free Spins. With the Max Win at a whopping 10 000x your total bet you could be celebrating on a real beach soon enough if you manage to play your symbols right in this latest.
Big Bass Keeping it Reel By Pragmatic Play
Game Details
Fishing is no longer a past time where boredom strikes, and patience wears thin – and that’s thanks to this latest slot release from Pragmatic Play, Big Bass Bonanza Keeping It Reel! Available on Desktop and Mobile devices, you can bring out your fishing rod from anywhere and at any time now! Following similar aesthetics and mechanics to Big Bass Splash slot, Big Bass Bonanza Megaways slot, and Big Bass Bonanza slot, you’re in capable hands with this latest slot release!
How to Play
The online slot is set on a 3×5 grid, with symbols paying from left to right on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel.
- Green and Red fishing float – Pays 200x your bet for 5 on a payline
- Fishing Rod – Pays 100x your bet for 5 on a payline
- Dragonfly – Pays 50x your bet for 5 on a payline
- Fishing Tackle Box – Pays 50x your bet for 5 on a payline
- School of Fish – Pays 20x your bet for 5 on a payline
- A Symbol – Pays 10x your bet for 5 on a payline
- K Symbol – Pays 10x your bet for 5 on a payline
- Q Symbol – Pays 5x your bet for 5 on a payline
- J Symbol – Pays 5x your bet for 5 on a payline
- 10 Symbol – Pays 5x your bet for 5 on a payline
WILD SYMBOL – Fisherman with Fish – Appears on all reels during the Free Spins round and substitutes for all symbols except the Scatter symbol.
SCATTER SYMBOL – Fish with hook – Appears on all reels
MONEY SYMBOL – The School of fish symbol is also a FISH MONEY symbol – After each spin, the fish on the reels will take a random money value which can be won during the Free Spins round.
GOLDEN WILD – Entirely gold symbol of the fisherman holding the fish – appears only during the Free Spins round.
How to Win
FREE SPINS – Land 3, 4, or 5 Scatter Symbols to trigger 10, 15, or 20 Free Spins respectively. In the base game when 2 Scatter symbols land without a 3rd, there is a chance for another Scatter to be brought on screen by a hook animation, so that the Free Spins round can be triggered.
In this round the value of all Fish Money symbols that land on the reels but are not collected, will be stored in a landing net in the top left-hand corner of the reels. After each spin a random fish with a random value will escape the landing net and its value will be subtracted from the total collected amount. During the Free Spins round each Wild and Golden Wild symbol will collect all the values from Fish Money on the screen, with the Golden Wild collecting the current value of the landing net.
All Wild and Golden Wild symbols that land on the reels during the bonus round are collected until the end of the round. For every 4th Wild symbol that is collected, the Free Spins round will be retriggered by awarding 10 more Free Spins, and the multiplier for Fish Money symbol collection will increase to 2x for the second level, 3x for the third level, and 10x for the fourth level. After the fourth level the Free Spins round can’t be retriggered again.
There are two situations you might find yourself in, at any random moment of the game:
- The fisherman symbol present on the reels but no Fish Money symbols at the end of a Free Spin – this is where Fish Money symbols can appear in random positions on the reels with the dynamite spin feature.
- If there are Fish Money symbols on the reels but no Fisherman after a Free Spin, a hook will appear to pull a random reel up and bring more Fisherman symbols onto the screen.
Another random feature, when there are fisherman symbols on the screen but no fish at the end of a Free Spin, a boat will drive across the screen, dragging a net which replaces random symbols on the screen with Fish Money symbols – isn’t this the lovely, friendly neighbourhood fisherman you’ve come to love? Special reels are in play during this feature.
BUY FREE SPINS – The Free Spins round can be triggered in the base game by purchasing it for 100x your current total bet. When buying the Free Spins round, 3, 4, or 5 Scatter symbols can land on the reels randomly.
ANTE BET – You have the option to select the bet multiplier when playing. Depending on the selected bet, the game will behave differently. The possible values are a bet multiplier of 15x where the chance to win the respin round naturally is higher, more Scatter symbols are on the reels, and the BUY FREE SPINS feature is disabled. If you select a bet multiplier of 10x, the game will continue as normal.
Graphics
This latest online slot is set on what looks like a massive cove or lagoon, surrounded by snow-capped mountains. The reel is played underwater and is framed in bubbles, complete with fishing-themed symbols amongst the corals and ocean life on screen. The animation on the reels does not disappoint once again, as well as the bonus rounds and random spin features that might see Mr Fisherman bring out his net to trawl in the mega-wins we’ve come to expect with the Big Bass Series of Slots!
Conclusion
Just when we thought the Big Bass slots couldn’t get any better, Pragmatic Play releases this exciting one – the same way they release top slots every week! The online slot brings a familiar feel with our favourite fisherman doing what he does best and help players reel in the big wins! The scenery takes us on another trip to a new location with mountains and raw nature in the background, while the playing takes place underwater. What’s more, players are treated to bonus rounds and random spin features that make this slot exciting to play! With so much to do at the shoreline, and all the chances you have to reel in a big one, this Big Bass slot should have your playing balance, keeping it “reel”!
