Bigger Bass Splash is Reel Kingdom’s Big Bass formula for Pragmatic Play with more room on the boat: five reels of four symbols and 12 paylines, where the original had three rows and 10. The fisherman is still the star of the free spins, hauling in the cash values printed on the fish, and before each round starts as many as five modifiers may be stacked on top.
The game returns 96.50% at its full setting and pays up to 5,000x the bet. Its biggest twist is a level trail inside the bonus: every fourth fisherman adds ten spins and raises the fish multiplier, first to 2x, then 3x and finally 10x.
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The Numbers Behind a Session
| What you want to know | Bigger Bass Splash |
|---|---|
| Return to player | 96.50% at the full setting; casinos may pick 95.50% or 94.50% instead |
| How often a spin pays | About 1 in 6.14 spins (16.3%) |
| How often free spins start | About once in 114 spins |
| Top win | 5,000x the bet, reached about once in 1,683,555 spins |
| Grid | 5 reels, 4 rows, 12 paylines |
| Volatility | High |
A hit on roughly every sixth spin keeps the base game ticking over, but most of those wins are small line pays. The real money in this game lives in the free spins, which is why the wait for them shapes a session more than anything else.
Fish, Tackle and the Base Game
The lower symbols are the card ranks 10 to A, worth 5 to 10 times the bet for five on a line. The premium set is the angler’s kit: fish, a tackle box, a lure, a rod and a boat, with five of the top symbol paying 200 times the bet.
The fisherman wild never shows up in the base game; he is kept back for the bonus. Instead, the base game has two small helpers. When two scatters land, a respin or a hook can sometimes pull in the third, and the ante bet raises the stake by half to make the free spins come round more often. Pragmatic Play does not say by how much, but the return stays the same, so the ante simply buys more frequent bonuses at a higher price per spin.
Up to Five Modifiers Before the Free Spins
Before the first free spin, the game picks anywhere from none to all five of these at random, and they stay for the whole round:
| Modifier | What changes in the round |
|---|---|
| More Fish | The reels carry extra fish, so there is more cash for each fisherman to collect |
| More Fisherman | The reels carry extra fishermen, so collections and level-ups come faster |
| More Hooks, Dynamites and Wipeouts | The three spin-end rescues described below happen more often |
| Start From Level 2 | The round opens with the 2x multiplier already switched on |
| +2 Spins | Two extra spins at the start and two more on every retrigger |
The rescues are what make a dead-looking spin worth watching. A stick of dynamite can drop money fish onto the reels when fishermen land with nothing to catch; a hook can drag a fisherman into view when fish land without one; and a wipeout can change every symbol except the fishermen in the hope of bringing fish.
Free Spins and the Four Fisherman Levels
Three, four or five scatters start 10, 15 or 20 free spins. Each fisherman who lands collects the value of every money fish on screen at that moment, with single fish worth anything from 2x to 5,000x the bet, and the fishermen themselves are counted along a trail above the reels:
| Fishermen collected | Level | Spins added | Fish values multiplied by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 3 | 1 | None | 1x |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | 2x |
| 8 | 3 | 10 | 3x |
| 12 | 4 | 10 | 10x |
Level 4 is the end of the trail: no more retriggers come after it, but every catch from then on is worth ten times its printed value. That jump from 3x to 10x is the biggest single boost in the game, and the Start From Level 2 and +2 Spins modifiers both shorten the road towards it.
The Ante Bet and the Three RTP Versions
Because the return is the same with or without the ante, the extra cost is easy to put a number on. The table shows what the game keeps, on average, over 100 spins:
| Cost per spin | At 96.50% | At 95.50% | At 94.50% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20p | 70p | 90p | £1.10 |
| 30p (20p with the ante) | £1.05 | £1.35 | £1.65 |
| £1 | £3.50 | £4.50 | £5.50 |
| £1.50 (£1 with the ante) | £5.25 | £6.75 | £8.25 |
The version matters as much as the ante: at 94.50% the game holds back more than one and a half times what it holds at 96.50%, with no visible difference on the reels. The casino’s rules screen for the game names the version in use.
In pounds, 5,000x is worth £10,000 at the £2 stake limit for under-25s and £25,000 at the £5 limit for everyone else. Outside the UK the base stake runs from 0.10 to 200 in euros or dollars, and the free spins can be bought for 100 times the bet, or 350 times for super free spins with all five modifiers; neither purchase is offered by UK-licensed casinos.
Bigger Bass Splash or Big Bass Bonanza?
Reel Kingdom’s fisherman-and-money-fish loop started with Big Bass Bonanza: five reels of three rows, 10 lines, a 2,100x top and 96.71% in our review. Bigger Bass Splash keeps the same loop and adds the fourth row, two more lines, the pre-round modifiers and the 10x final level, which is how its ceiling climbs to 5,000x. The Big Bass mechanics slots page lines up every game we review that uses the fisherman collect.
For a fishing slot from a different studio, Blueprint Gaming’s Fishin’ Frenzy Megaways runs on Megaways with a top win of around 10,000x at 96.12%. The fishing slots page has the whole group, and more of the studio’s catalogue sits on the Pragmatic Play slots page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Every fisherman who lands in free spins is counted. The fourth, eighth and twelfth each add 10 spins and lift the multiplier on collected fish values to 2x, 3x and then 10x. After the twelfth there are no more retriggers.
It raises the stake per spin by 50% and makes free spins more likely to trigger. The RTP does not change, so it costs more per spin in return for more frequent bonus rounds.
Three: 96.50%, 95.50% and 94.50%. A casino chooses one and lists it in the game’s help pages.
No. The 100x free spins buy and the 350x super free spins buy exist only outside the UK; at UK-licensed casinos the round has to come from three or more scatters.
It has a bigger grid, with a fourth row and two extra paylines, and it adds the ante bet. The 5,000x top win is the same in both games.
Setting the Line Before Casting Off
A level trail that is always one fisherman away from the next multiplier makes it tempting to stay for one more round. Deciding the budget and the stopping time before the first spin takes that pressure off, and UK-licensed casinos let players fix deposit limits, session reminders and time-outs from the account menu.
GamStop is a free way to bar yourself from every UK-licensed gambling site in one go. Calls to 0808 8020 133 are free and answered around the clock; that number reaches the National Gambling Helpline, a service of GamCare, which also offers support by online chat. Bigger Bass Splash is an adults-only game, open to players aged 18 or over.
