Pragmatic Play · 2026
Big Bass Blast is a 5x3 fishing video slot by Pragmatic Play with high volatility and 10 fixed paylines. Check its figures and costs before you spin.
The demo is free. The real game needs an account and you must be 18+.
On the 5x3 grid, a win forms when at least two matching symbols land on adjacent reels, starting from the leftmost reel. The game runs 10 fixed paylines, and every win pays left to right. Fishing gear and the cards A, K, Q, J and 10 fill the reels. Money symbols take a random value of 0.5x to 500x the total bet on each spin.
Three to five scatter symbols anywhere on the grid start the free spins, for 5, 7 or 9 spins. A Fisherman Wild on reel 1 or 5 collects the money values on screen, and a random x2, x3 or x10 badge can boost it. In free spins, at least one Fisherman Wild lands on reel 1 or 5 every spin.
Seven figures explained
Worried the return figure promises a win? Each number below shows what it does at the table.
| Game detail | In practice |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.50% / 96.51% |
| Volatility | High volatility |
| Grid | 5x3 |
| Maximum win multiple | x5,000 |
| Maximum win in money | A$1,800,000 |
| Release date | 06/07/2026 |
Free spins start on the reels after a bonus buy, which costs 100 times the total bet: A$200 at a A$2 bet.
| Feature | Price | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Buy Free Spins at 100x | x100 · A$200 | – |
Each spin on the reels pays back part of the stake. RTP is the share of each A$100 staked returned over the long run. The version this game runs is shown in its game rules.
| Payback level | RTP | Provider default |
|---|---|---|
| Variant 1 | 96.51% | No |
| Variant 2 | 96.50% | Available |
Big Bass Blast frames
After this page you will have seen the reels, the free spins and a win.
Before the first bet
Joefortune Casino shows each step of the round before the first bet is placed.
Set the bet before the reels turn, from A$0.10 up to A$360. Ten fixed paylines stay in play on every spin, and each Money symbol value scales with the total bet.
A win forms from the leftmost reel and runs right across adjacent reels on each of the ten paylines. Two matching symbols are enough to pay, so a short run still counts.
Money symbols take a random value of 0.5x to 500x the total bet. A Fisherman Wild on reel 1 or 5 collects them, sometimes boosted x2, x3 or x10.
Three, four or five Scatters anywhere start Free Spins with 5, 7 or 9 spins. Every free spin lands at least one Fisherman Wild on reels 1 or 5.
Set your budget before the first spin. High volatility means a balance can move far in either direction, and no session result can be known in advance.
Bonus rules
Not sure how many scatters start the bonus, or how many spins it gives?
3, 4 or 5 SCATTER symbols trigger 5, 7 or 9 free spins. Buying free spins costs 100x the total bet with a guaranteed scatter count. At least one Fisherman Wild lands on reel 1 or 5 every spin and collects all Money values on screen. Every 7th Fisherman Wild collected adds 5 spins.
Base game reelsFisherman every spin
Each spin lands on 5 reels x 3 rows with 10 fixed paylines. MONEY symbols take a random value from 0.5x to 500x the total bet. A FISHERMAN WILD on reel 1 or 5 collects the values on screen, optionally boosted by a random x2, x3 or x10 badge.
Before any spinMoney collection
Two modes to explore
At Joefortune Casino we open the demo first so you can judge the game before depositing.
The demo needs no money and pays nothing. The real game needs an account with Joefortune Casino and you must be 18 or older.
Play real moneyScatter symbols land at random, so the free spins start at a point nobody can know in advance. How often they come is not known before you play, and no run of spins shows when the next one starts. The result of one session is random whatever the RTP, because the RTP is a long-run average, not a promise for any single session.
Each spin on the reels pays under one of two RTP versions. Only the game rules show which version runs here, so check that section carefully before you rely on any percentage shown elsewhere on this page.
Wins on the reels stop at a fixed ceiling, set as a multiple of the bet, and the top of that ceiling is reached very rarely. The maximum win caps what one bet can pay, not a target the reels aim for. Reaching it is possible but rare, so treat the ceiling as a limit, not an expectation.
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Big Bass Blast questions
The short answers settle the win cap, Free Spins, RTP, demo, bet limits and volatility.
On the reels a single round can pay up to x5,000 the bet. At the example top bet of A$2 that is A$10,000, and at the highest bet of A$360 the cap is A$1,800,000. The cap limits the payout; it does not forecast what a session will return.
Three, four or five SCATTER symbols anywhere on the reels start the Free Spins with 5, 7 or 9 spins. Once the feature runs, a Fisherman Wild lands on reel 1 or 5 every spin. Every 7th Fisherman Wild collected retriggers the feature for 5 more spins.
Big Bass Blast runs at 96.50% RTP, and a second version runs at 96.51%. The RTP is the return per A$100 staked over a very large number of spins, so it cannot predict one session.
Each spin lands on 5 reels with 3 rows and 10 fixed paylines, so the layout can be checked before any stake. The paytable at A$1 shows what each symbol pays, and the lowest stake is A$0.10.
The stake runs from A$0.10 to A$360. Money symbol values are a multiple of the total bet, so a higher stake raises every Money value on screen. The example bets on this page are A$1 and A$2.
Volatility is high, so results swing widely between small and large payouts. How often the Free Spins start cannot be known in advance, and no session result can be predicted.
The legal age is 18+. Help is at the National Gambling Helpline, 1800 858 858, and the self-exclusion register is BetStop.
Set a session budget before the first spin and keep every stake within it. Bets run from A$0.10 to A$360, so size the stake to the budget.
Set your stop point before the first spin, and keep it after a win too. A win does not predict the next spin.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you play. Once a limit is reached, stop for the session, even if the balance seems to recover.
Take a break when a session stops feeling like entertainment, and self-exclude through BetStop if you cannot stop on your own.
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I own the slot entries here, taking paytable and feature details from the game itself. I also run the verification steps as a new player would, noting what is asked and when.
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