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Big Bass Splash

Big Bass Splash: Read the Full Review

by Pragmatic Play

RTP
96.71%
Risk level
High
Max cash prize
5,000x
Reels
5x3
Paylines and ways
Lines
Release date
23/06/2022

Only Two of Twelve Wild Pickups Land Before Round Closes

A purchased Free Spins round here follows a fixed order: a 100x buy-in, a triggering spin with three Scatter symbols, a modifier announcement, then a Money Collect tracker built for twelve Wild pickups. In the recorded round the modifier read More Fish, and only two of twelve pickups landed before the round closed. The payout stopped at 80 dollars, far short of the 5000x ceiling and the Multiplier ladder built to reach it. High volatility explains why the documented round ended early, leaving most of that ladder untouched.

Big Bass Splash: A Bonus Round Built From Waiting

The base game withholds its own climax

The Wild fisherman does not appear during normal spins. The research record confirms he surfaces only inside Free Spins, where he also collects every Money value on screen. This means the base game in Big Bass Splash is structurally incomplete. It shows the fish symbols carrying random values from 2x up to 5000x total bet, but those values remain unreachable until the round changes. For a UK player choosing a session, this creates a distinct rhythm: the main game is a waiting room for the feature. The player watches money values land that he cannot yet claim.

Three green bass Scatter symbols land with fish money values $4, $10 and $30 shown, triggering Free Spins

How the round builds pressure

  • Scatters trigger 10, 15 or 20 Free Spins depending on count.
  • Between zero and five modifiers are selected before the round starts.
  • The Wild fisherman appears only during Free Spins.
  • Every fourth collected Wild retriggers the round with a higher multiplier.
  • The maximum win is fixed at 5000x total bet.

The cost of skipping the wait

FeatureDocumented valueSource context
Buy Free Spins price100x current total betPaytable and purchase dialog
RTP when bought96.71%Same as natural trigger
RTP when triggered96.71%Paytable page 4
Hard win cap5000x total betRound ends immediately

A high-volatility session with a fixed ceiling

Big Bass Splash carries High volatility, shown as five lightning bolts in the paytable. The game pays less often on average but holds larger single-round potential. The bonus buy option lets a player bypass the wait for 100x the current bet, yet the published RTP remains 96.71% either way. The recorded demo shows a $200 buy at a $2.00 bet returning $80.00. This is not evidence of failure, but it illustrates the spread. The 5000x cap ends the round immediately once reached, forfeiting any remaining spins. For the British player, the choice is between time and variance, not between different odds.

Big Bass Splash loading screen with cowboy angler, golden bass logo and canyon river backdrop

Bankroll management and volatility explained

Big Bass Splash gives players control over stake, bonus purchase, autoplay pacing and spin speed, but none of these choices influence the game's underlying reel outcomes or its 96.71% RTP.

Buying Free Spins Directly
Pressing BUY FREE SPINS spends 100x total bet to trigger the round instantly. The triggering spin can still land 3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols at random, so the number of free spins awarded (10, 15 or 20) stays undetermined until after purchase.
Setting Total Bet
Adjusting Total Bet with the +/- controls changes both the dollar value of paytable payouts and the fixed 100x cost of Buy Free Spins. RTP and volatility stay fixed at every bet level between $0.10 and $250.00.
Configuring Autoplay
Selecting a number of autospins and enabling SKIP SCREENS reduces manual clicks and bypasses intro or end-of-round screens. Neither setting changes the odds of any spin; each autoplay round is resolved the same way as a manual spin.
Choosing Spin Speed
Cycling the spin-speed control between normal, quick and turbo, or holding SPACE for turbo spin, only changes how fast reels animate. The underlying spin result and payout calculation are unaffected by the speed selected.

Game modes

In Big Bass Splash, the Base Game supplies the SCATTER symbols that unlock Free Spins, and within Free Spins the WILD collection follows a fixed, escalating sequence of levels.

MORE FISH! banner appears over reels during Free Spins, naming the round's active modifier
Base GameLanding exactly 2 SCATTER symbols in the Base Game can trigger a near-miss teaser: reels already holding SCATTER shift down one position while other reels respin, or a hook pulls a reel up to reveal a third SCATTER, moving the spin closer to a Free Spins trigger.
Free SpinsFree Spins begin once 3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols land in the Base Game, awarding 10, 15 or 20 spins in that order. During the round, every 4th WILD collected retriggers 10 more spins and steps the MONEY multiplier from x2 to x3 to x10, while reaching 5,000x total bet ends the round early and forfeits remaining spins.

In-game screenshots

Base game reels show a red off-road truck symbol landing twice among card letters and dragonfly icons
Free Spins collection strip tracks fisherman Wilds across 12 slots, with retrigger bonuses at slots 4, 8 and 12
Buy Free Spins popup offers instant bonus entry for $200, with red decline and green confirm buttons
Congratulations popup announces an $80.00 win with two Wild symbols already collected on the tracker
Congratulations screen confirms 10 Free Spins awarded, with the More Fish catches modifier highlighted in gold
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Base game reels show a red off-road truck symbol landing twice among card letters and dragonfly icons
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Free Spins collection strip tracks fisherman Wilds across 12 slots, with retrigger bonuses at slots 4, 8 and 12
2 / 5
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Buy Free Spins popup offers instant bonus entry for $200, with red decline and green confirm buttons
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Congratulations popup announces an $80.00 win with two Wild symbols already collected on the tracker
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Congratulations screen confirms 10 Free Spins awarded, with the More Fish catches modifier highlighted in gold
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Symbols and their payouts

Game Rules paytable listing truck, reel, dragonfly, tackle box, fish, card symbols, Wild and Scatter payouts

x2 / x3 / x4 / x5

  • Red off-road 4x4 truck High 0.50 / 5.00 / 20.00 / 200.00
  • Fishing reel & rod High — / 3.00 / 15.00 / 100.00
  • Dragonfly High — / 2.00 / 10.00 / 50.00
  • Red tackle box High — / 2.00 / 10.00 / 50.00
  • Fish bunch (MONEY symbol) Other — / — / — / —
  • A Low — / 0.20 / 2.50 / 10.00
  • K Low — / 0.20 / 2.50 / 10.00
  • Q Low — / 0.20 / 1.00 / 5.00
  • J Low — / 0.20 / 1.00 / 5.00
  • 10 Low — / 0.20 / 1.00 / 5.00
  • WILD (Fisherman) Wild — / — / — / —
  • SCATTER Scatter — / — / — / —

How to place a bet

Big Bass Splash opens on a static five-reel grid. The player spins to land Scatters, then repeats the Free Spins collection cycle until the round finishes and a win is shown.

  1. Confirm Total Bet

    Use the plus and minus buttons beside SPIN to set Total Bet, shown in the BET field. The demo defaults to $2.00 total bet.

  2. Spin or Buy Free Spins

    Press SPIN, or hold SPACE, to play a round. Alternatively, select BUY FREE SPINS to trigger the round directly for 100x the current Total Bet.

  3. Trigger Free Spins

    Landing 3, 4 or 5 Scatter symbols awards 10, 15 or 20 Free Spins. Wild symbols then appear on every reel during the Free Spins mode.

  4. Collect Wilds and Finish

    Each Wild collects the value of Money symbols on screen. Every 4th Wild retriggers 10 more spins with a higher multiplier; the round ends when spins run out, showing the total win.

What bonuses are on offer

Buy bonus option
Yes · Cost 100.00x

Bonus buy options

Default option Free Spins Cost 100.00x

Part of the series

Big Bass

Big Bass spans over twenty Pragmatic Play titles built on one recurring engine: a fisherman-themed wild that appears only in free spins and hoovers up randomly valued money-fish symbols, with every fourth (sometimes third) collected wild retriggering ten more spins and stepping up a multiplier. Around that core, entries branch widely: some add ante bet tiers, buy-feature menus, pick-a-card modifiers, dual-colour wild trackers, Megaways reels, hold-and-spin rounds, or reel-repeat wheels. Settings range from lakes and Vegas to boxing rings, racetracks, football pitches and zombie horror, but the collect-and-retrigger mechanic remains the throughline across releases.

Games in series
33

Game themes

Reel fishingDeep sea

Compatibility

Auto-spin feature
Yes

Features

  • Free Spins
  • Money Collect
  • Multiplier
  • Scatter
  • Wild

Studio behind the game

Pragmatic Play

Pragmatic Play is a Gibraltar-based content supplier to the iGaming industry, led by CEO Julian Jarvis. It distributes its full portfolio through a single API integration, covering online slots, live casino, bingo, virtual sports and other RNG games. The studio holds certification or licensing across more than thirty jurisdictions, including the Malta Gaming Authority and the UK Gambling Commission. Its games are built on a mobile-first HTML5 architecture aimed at regulated markets. Within this mirrored catalogue, output leans heavily toward video slots, spanning recurring series and mechanics like Megaways, Hold and Spin and Money Collect, alongside smaller runs of scratch, crash and table titles.

Bets and stakes

Min. bet
0.10
Maximum bet
250.00
Bet currency
USD

Our take

What players like

  • Every 4th collected wild retriggers free spins with multipliers rising to 10x on money symbols
  • Five random pre-round modifiers reshape each free spins trip, from extra fish to extra spins
  • Base game respin-down and hook-reveal teasers keep near-miss scatters relevant between bonus rounds

Downsides to consider

  • Max win sits at 5000x total bet, modest given the multi-layered wild-collection mechanic driving it

Big Bass Splash pairs high volatility with a wild-collection ladder that keeps escalating through retriggers, rewarding patience during free spins. The capped 5000x ceiling tempers expectations, but the modifier variety keeps repeated bonus buys from feeling identical.”

Common questions about the game

How does WILD collection work during Free Spins in Big Bass Splash?

Every WILD symbol collects the values of all MONEY (fish) symbols on screen, and collection continues until the round ends. Every 4th WILD collected retriggers the feature for 10 more spins, raising the MONEY multiplier to 2x, then 3x, then 10x, capped after the fourth level.

What is the maximum win in Big Bass Splash and is there a cap?

The maximum win is capped at 5000x the total bet. If a Free Spins round reaches that amount, it ends immediately, the win is paid, and any remaining free spins are forfeited.

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Published on 03/09/2026 Updated 20/09/2026

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