Catfish Hunters Slot (Nolimit City)

The Catfish Hunters slot begins with 5 reels, 3 rows and 243 ways to win: land 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols from left to right, on adjacent reels, in any position and beginning from the leftmost reel for a winning combination. Only the highest payout per way to win will be paid.

With a 20p minimum bet per spin, the most you can play for in the UK is £5 a spin (or £2 if under 25): outside the UK, it’s £100 a spin. Press (mobile/tablet) or click (laptop/PC) the ‘Coins’ icon to see all options. Outside the UK, there are Turbo Mode and Autoplay functions.

The Catfish Hunters RTP rate is 96.03%: 59.17% is from the base game and 36.86% from the bonus features. You may also come across 94.03% and 92.06% RTP alternative versions so check at your chosen site. For reference, below is the number of spins you’ll play based on a £20 balance and playing at 20p a spin:

• 96.03%: 2,494 spins
• 94.03%: 1,659 spins
• 92.06%: 1,247 spins

In the extreme volatility bracket, the hit frequency rate is 30.41% (meaning a win will land every 1 in 3.29 spins on average). Triggering any of the 3 free spins features will occur every 1 in 200 spins.

Finally, Catfish Hunters comes with 20,000 x bet max wins: known as ‘Final Discharge’, your chances of winning this are 1 in 6.6 million spins. Winning 100 x your total bet or higher will happen every 880 spins.

With a fishing theme, the Catfish Hunters slot follows on Ugliest Catch (October 2023). Set on the Mississipi river and featuring fat catfish, you will join Bubba (from Duck Hunters), Karen (from xWays Hoarder 2), Cletus (from Land of the Free), Stacy and Granny (who looks a lot like Hilary Clinton from Gator Hunters) in this hilarious fish collection game.

According to Nolimit City, Granny’s baitin’ hooks, Karen’s yellin’ at the gators, and Cousin Cletus is upset that the beers gone warm. With a redneck feel, the reels are underwater. The soundtrack is upbeat and doesn’t quite tie into the theme but it doesn’t make a difference.

On the reels, you’ll see A, K, Q, J and 10 royals. You’ll also come across beer cans, fishing flies, cans of worms, nets and fishing rods. The fishing rod symbol is the best paying, awarding 1, 2.5 or 5 x your total bet for 3, 4 or 5 in combination. Special symbols include Fish, xWays, and Imposter Wild and Bonus Scatter: more on their functions below.

Catfish Hunters Mobile

Catfish Hunters can be played on desktop, mobile and tablet devices. Using HTML5, you’ll play in Portrait Mode when playing on an iOS or Android smartphone.

Catfish Hunters comes with lots of bonus features, including xWays, Fish symbols that award values when landing inside Electrical Frames, a global Fish multiplier that can reach 1024x, an Imposter Wild that transforms into 1 of 5 character wilds and free spins with up to 3 upgrades.

Fish & Electrical Frames

At the beginning of each new spin, 1 or more Electrical Frames will appear in random positions on the reels. With Fish symbols also appearing on the reels, each contains a bet multiplier value (from 0.25 to 100 x your total bet).

A Fish win is awarded when a Fish symbol appears within an Electrical Frame. When this happens, all remaining Fish values are doubled. The global Fish Multiplier indicates the amount by which Fish values have increased, with the maximum being 1024x.

xWays

When xWays symbols land, they transform into any other symbol except the Bonus Scatter. They revealing regular paying symbols in sizes 2-4, an Imposter Wild or Fish symbol in size 1. If they reveal a regular paying symbol, the number of ways to win increases. If multiple xWays symbols appear on the reels, they will all reveal the same symbol.

Imposter Wild

Impostor Wilds can land on all 5 reels. It will then transform into 1 of the following Wilds:

• Stacy Wild: Increases the global Fish multiplier by 2, 4 or 8 times randomly
• Karen Wild: Adds Electrical Frames to itself and to all adjacent positions
• Granny Wild: Adds Electrical Frames to all positions on the reels
• Cletus Wild: Transforms all winning regular paying symbols into random Fish symbols
• Bubba Wild: Transforms all regular paying symbols into random Fish symbols

Dark Water Spins

When 3 Bonus Scatters land during a base game spin, you’ll trigger the Dark Water Spins feature. With 8 free spins awarded,  you’ll get 1 extra spin each time a Bonus Scatter lands during the feature.

The Global Fish multiplier from the base game is carried through and will be halved on each new free spin, with the minimum value being 1x. Also, 1 of the following 3 upgrades will be applied:

• Upgraded Bonus: Awards 2 free spins instead instead of 1
• Upgraded xWays: xWays symbols always reveal a Fish or a Impostor Wild
• +1 Electrical Frame: Adds a sticky Electrical Frame in the middle position of the reels

Deep Water Spins

If you land 4 Bonus Scatters in the base game, you’ll play the Deep Water Spins feature. With 10 free spins awarded, you’ll get 2 upgrades instead of 1 (from the Dark Water Spins feature).

Overcharged Spins

You need 5 Bonus Scatters to trigger the Overcharged Spins feature, with 12 free spins. As you may have predicted,  you’ll benefit from 3 upgrades.

Nolimit Booster

Catfish Hunters benefits from 6 Nolimit Booster options:

• Bonus Booster: Costing 3 x bet, you are guaranteed a Bonus Scatter on reel 2. The RTP is 96.08%.
• Grand Catch: Costing 90 x bet, you are guaranteed a minimum of 1 Imposter Wild(s). Only Fish symbols worth 10 to 100 x bet can land. The RTP is 96.04%.
• Legend Catch: Costing 2,000 x bet, you are guaranteed a minimum of 2 Imposter Wilds with only Fish symbols worth 100 x bet landing. The RTP is 96.05%.
• Fishy Spins 8x: Costing 5 x bet, the initial global multiplier is 8x. The RTP is 96.08%.
• Fishier Spins 128x: Costing 60 x bet, the initial global multiplier is 128x. The RTP is 96.05%.
• Fishiest Spins 1024x: Costing 400 x bet, the initial global multiplier is 1024x. The RTP is 96.08%.

Nolimit Bonus

The Nolimit Bonus feature has 3 options, with none of them available in the UK:

With the Lucky Draw option, there is a 50% change of triggering the Dark Water Spins and a 25% chance of either the Deep Water or Overcharged Spins.

Catfish Hunters Slot

Rating: 4.2/5

With a nod to various NLC games, Catfish Hunters is simple, fishing-themed slot that focuses on Fish symbols, Electrical Frames, doubling multipliers, 5 enhancing wilds and free spins with upgrades, for up to 20,000 x bet max win potential.

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Featuring characters from previous Nolimit City games, the Catfish Hunters slot works differently to those games. Focusing on Fish symbols and Electrical Frames, Fish symbols are worth up to 100 x bet and collected when landing inside an Electrical Frame position. The Global Fish Multiplier then doubles, up to 1024x: this can result in big wins.

With xWays symbols increasing the number of ways to win, an Imposter Wild or Fish symbol, Imposter Wilds transform into 1 of 5 wilds: depending on which wild symbol you get, you’ll benefit from a global Fish multiplier increase, more Electrical Frames and more Fish symbols. Look out for the Granny or Bubba Wild as these wilds apply to all positions or all regular paying symbols.

Then you have the 3 free spins features where you’ll play 8, 10 or 12 free spins with 1, 2 or 3 upgrades, respectively. They can lead to double extra free spins, xWays always revealing Fish symbols or Imposter Wilds and sticky Electrical Frames.

With 20,000 x bet max wins, Catfish Hunters is quite a simple game by Nolimit City’s standards. It’s about landing Fish symbols inside Electrical Frames, boosting their value with the global Fish multiplier, adding to the number of Electrical Frames and transforming symbols into Fish symbols.

Whilst the gameplay may be quite simple as mentioned, the various mechanics can combine and result in big wins in a blink of an eye. If you’ve played any of Pragmatic Play’s Big Bass slots, Catfish Hunters will feel like a much-needed fishing trip that offers a lot more. However, it doesn’t quite match up to Ugliest Catch in my opinion. Fancy reeling in big wins? My guide to the top fishing slots is worth heading out with your fishing rod for.

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The Catfish Hunters slot review was written by Chris Taylor from our OLBG Expert team who has written over 10,000 slot game reviews in an iGaming career spanning over 2 decades.

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