How to Play Big Bass Blast
New to the game? This guide walks you through everything — setting your bet, understanding the symbols, triggering the bonus, and using special features. You'll be fishing for big wins in minutes.
Quick Start
Set Your Bet
Choose a bet between $0.10 and $240 using the +/− controls at the bottom of the screen.
Enable Ante Bet (Optional)
Turn on Ante Bet to pay 50% more per spin in exchange for more frequent Scatter symbols.
Spin the Reels
Press the Spin button or use Auto Spin to set the reels in motion.
Watch for Fishermen
When a Fisherman Wild lands, it collects all Money symbols on screen — the core mechanic.
Trigger Free Spins
Land 3+ Scatter symbols (fishing rods) anywhere on the reels to enter the bonus round.
Collect Your Win
During Free Spins, multipliers up to 10× apply to every Fisherman collection.
Key Symbols
Fisherman Wild
The most important symbol in the game. It appears on all 5 reels and does two things: it substitutes for all regular symbols to complete payline wins, and — more importantly — it collects every Money symbol visible on the reels at the moment it lands, adding all their values to your win total.
Money Symbols
Cash-value coins that appear on all reels. Each carries a random value based on your current bet. They don't pay anything on their own — they only pay out when collected by a Fisherman Wild.
Scatter (Fishing Rod)
Landing 3 or more Scatters anywhere triggers the Free Spins bonus. 3 Scatters = 5 spins, 4 = 7 spins, 5 = 9 spins.
Regular Symbols
Standard paying symbols (fish species, tackle, etc.) form wins left-to-right across the 10 paylines. These pay at the rates shown in the paytable.
Special Features
Bazooka Assist
A random base-game feature that fires additional Money symbols onto the reels, increasing the potential collection value if a Fisherman Wild lands on the same spin.
Hook Assist
Another random feature that drags a Fisherman Wild symbol into position on a reel. Combined with any Money symbols present, this can create substantial surprise wins from an otherwise quiet spin.
Free Spins Explained
The bonus round plays identically to the base game but with one major addition: a multiplier that builds with each Fisherman Wild collection. The multiplier starts at 1× and increases up to a maximum of 10× as the round progresses. Every collection after reaching 10× benefits from the full multiplier — which is where the 5,000× max win becomes achievable.
💡 If you retrigger the bonus (3+ Scatters during Free Spins = +5 spins), the multiplier carries over into the extended spins. This is how the biggest wins happen.
Paylines & Grid
Big Bass Blast uses a 5×3 grid (5 reels, 3 rows) with 10 fixed paylines running left to right. You cannot adjust the number of active paylines — all 10 are always in play. Wins pay from the leftmost reel.