Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action Slot (Pragmatic Play)

The Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action slot has 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 fixed paylines. As with standard payline slot games, winning combinations are created when 3 or more matching symbols appear from left to right, starting from reel 1 and across any of the 10 paylines. For the highest-value symbol, 2 or more are required.

Stakes wise, you can spin away on Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action from 10p to £250 a spin. With the max bet of £250 varying at casino sites, you may find the maximum amount per spin limited to £10 or even £5 a spin. Players in some jurisdictions can use Autoplay (up to 1,000 auto spins) and Turbo/Quick Spin modes (for quicker spins).

In terms of returns, the Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action RTP rate is 96.5%. Higher than the 96% online average, there are 95.5% and 94% RTP alternative versions which may be used at certain slot sites.

Medium to high volatility, the hit frequency rate is 20.7%. That means a win will land every 4.83 spins on average. To trigger the all-important Free Spins feature, it will occur every 114 spins (again, these are average figures).

Finally, the Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action slot can reel in max wins of 2,100 times your total bet. The max win probability is 1 in 3,927,730 spins (3.9 million). Winning 1,000 times your total bet or more will happen every 715,871 spins.

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With a fishing theme, you get to hook in more prize catches in the Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action slot. Part of Pragmatic Play’s extremely popular Big Bass slot series, it’s very similar to the original game in the series, Big Bass Bonanza.  

Released on the 27^th of May 2024, you head just beneath the water’s surface again for more prizes. Graphically, it doesn’t look like anything has changed which will please fans of the previous games. The soundtrack is upbeat and fun.

On the reels, you have the same symbols you find in other Big Bass slots. They include low-value A, K, Q, J and 10 royals as well as higher-value money fish, tackle boxes, dragonflies, fishing rods and floats. The float symbol pays the most with 5 across a payline rewarding you with a 200 times bet payout.

Special symbols include the Hooked Bass Scatter which appears on all reels and is key to triggering the free spins. In this feature, the Fisherman Wild symbol can appear which substitutes for all paying symbols. Below is a list of symbol payouts and functions: 

• A/K/Q/J/10: 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2.5 or 10 x bet
• Money Fish: 3, 4 or 5 = 1, 5 or 20 x bet
• Tackle Box/Dragonfly: 3, 4 or 5 = 2, 10 or 50 x bet
• Fishing Rod: 3,4 or 5 = 3, 15 or 100 x bet
• Float: 2, 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 5, 20 or 200 x bet
• Hooked Bass Scatter: 3+ triggers Free Spins feature
• Fisherman Wild: Appears during free spins + substitutes for paying symbols

Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action Mobile

As with all games in the Big Bass franchise, it can be enjoyed on mobile, tablet and desktop devices. This includes smartphones operating with iOS and Android systems. The 5x3 setup is suited to smaller, handheld screens, especially in Portrait Mode.

Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action has 4 bonus features. You have free spins with Fisherman Wilds that collect Money Fish symbol values. Collect enough Fisherman Wilds to get more free spins and increase the progressive multiplier up to 10x. There’s also a random modifier to help you land prizes, a bonus buy option and Ante Bet feature.

Free Spins 

The Free Spins feature is played when you land 3 or more Hooked Bass Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels. 3, 4 or 5 scatters will result in 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively. As mentioned above, the feature freqeucny rate is 1 in 114 spins.

The Fisherman Wild symbol can now land on all reels. Substituting for paying symbols, look out for Money Fish symbols which contain stake/bet multiplier prizes. When they appear on the same screen as a Fisherman Wild, the fisherman reels in the prizes which are then won. The more Money Fish symbols on the reels, the bigger the payout. If various Fisherman Wild symbols appear, each Fisherman Wild will collect all prizes.

There’s more! Fisherman Wilds are collected and stored in a meter which appears above the reels. When collecting 4, you’ll retrigger the feature. This reward you with extra free spins and a Fisherman Wild multiplier.

With each retrigger, you get 10 more free spins and the multiplier rises. There are 50 free spins in total to be won as well as a Fisherman Wild multiplier of 10x. Here are the details below:

If a Fisherman Wild symbol appears with no Money Fish symbols on the reels, the Dynamite feature can activate randomly. Then randomly-chosen symbols turn into Money Fish symbols which results in their values being collected and awarded.

Buy Free Spins

If you’re based outside the UK and want to jump straight into the action, there is a Buy Free Spins feature. Costing 100 times your total bet, you will get 3, 4 or 5 Hooked Bass Scatter symbols randomly. The RTP remains the same though.

The Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action slot is a tad disappointing to say the least. Graphically, nothing has changed as it identical to various games in the popular fishing series.

With the free spins the most probably route to reeling in some big wins, the max win of 2,100 times bet is the same as Big Bass Bonanza. You need to land enough Fisherman Wilds to collect Money Fish values and boost the progressive multiplier up to 10x.

The RTP of 96.5% is high but lower than the 96.71% in Big Bass Bonanza. Furthermore, it seems like Pragmatic Play created this game for non-UK players. This is because there is a bonus buy element which the original slot doesn’t have. UK players have been considered with an Ante Bet feature that increases your chances of triggering the free spins.

If you’re looking for bigger potential wins, Big Bass Hold and Spinner Megaways is the most lucrative with 20,000 times bet max wins. Another option is Big Bass Day at the Races which has a horse-racing twist and offers 10,000 x bet max wins.

The Big Bass Bonanza Reel Action slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who who written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades. It was then verified/checked by Jenny Mason, our prime Slot reviewer who has 17+ years working in online gambling, top UK brands. 

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