Big Fishing Fortune Slot – Free Demo

Where 918.70 Came From

Lively and cozy with a lot of character - that's Big Fishing Fortune for you in brief, albeit rather constrained by its fixed set of paylines. I put 410 spins through it at a 1.00 stake, starting from a balance of 1,000.00. There's more to discover, however. Those spins ended with the balance at 918.70, a session return of 80.2%.

Big Fishing Fortune is a 5-reel, 3-row video slot with 10 fixed paylines, and punters can wager between 0.20 up to 100 credits. My 410 spins put 410.00 through the game and won back 328.70. Pivotal to the slot is the Pick Me Bonus. It came up twice in my session, on spins 222 and 258, 36 spins apart.

Ten Lines, a Boat and a Tackle Box

On the reels, you will discover low-value symbols depicted by 10 to A, while the 4 high-value symbols are formed out of a Life Ring, a Tackle Box, a Fishing Rod and a Boat. The latter is also the most lucrative. It delivers a 200 times win should you hit 5 across a complete payline. Below it, five Fishing Rods pay 100x the bet, five Life Rings or Tackle Boxes pay 50x, and 10 to A pay 0.5x, 2.5x and 10x the bet for three, four and five of a kind. The wild symbol only appears in the free spins. It also has some unique traits.

The Fisherman Who Collects Twice

During the free spins, the Fisherman wild may appear on the reels, where it will substitute for other symbols and collect each fish value in sight. Those fish carry fixed values of up to 20x the bet each. Furthermore, each Fisherman on the reels collects them all. Two Fishermen landing together therefore collect the same fish values twice. It may sound puzzling when described in writing. But it makes complete sense once you begin playing.

Picking a Big Catch, Then Fishing for It

3, 4 or 5 Bonus symbols anywhere trigger the Pick Me Bonus. The Pick Me Bonus gives 6 picks for three Bonus symbols, 9 for four and 12 for five. In it, matching 3 values fixes the Big Catch correspondingly:

• 3 Bonus symbols: 20x, 30x, 50x or 100x
• 4 Bonus symbols: 30x, 50x or 100x
• 5 Bonus symbols: 50x or 100x

In the free spins mechanic, punters will profit from the Fisherman wild and the sticky Big Fish, and the free spins are unlimited. Both of my triggers came with 3 Bonus symbols and 6 picks, and both set the Big Catch at 20x. They continue until the Fisherman collects the sticky Big Fish carrying the Big Catch value. That is assured. My two rounds paid 29.00 and 22.00, each above its 20x Big Catch, for 51.00 in total, which was 16% of everything I won.

A Fisherman With a Suspiciously Good Aim

I would far rather have favoured Big Fishing Fortune to be a win ways slot, if I had some voice. On the 10 fixed lines, 113 of my 410 spins paid anything, and 64 of those paid less than the 1.00 stake.

Big Fishing Fortune is doubtless all about the free spins mechanic. It is loaded with promise. Catch Of The Day, also from Inspired Gaming, is also fishing-themed, and Big Bass Bonanza Megaways also has a Fisherman collecting fish values. Being a medium volatility slot, however, punters can anticipate to see plenty of annoying low-paying bonuses. My biggest win was 39.00 on spin 54, and the balance moved between a peak of 1,020.00 on spin 68 and a low of 904.50.

Minty’s Expert Conclusion: The game prints 94.80% and my 410 spins returned 80.2%, with the two Pick Me rounds paying just over their guaranteed 20x floor. The Big Catch is a promise the game keeps; it just never promised it would be big.