Big Bass Bonanza 1000 Slot Review
Our beloved Fisherman returns for a supercharged adventure in Reel Kingdom’s latest addition, Big Bass Bonanza 1000, where wins of up to 20,000x lurk beneath the surface!
Fishing Slots have climbed the ranks, topping the likes of Egyptian and Wild West slots. Nearly all software providers we cover have at least one fishing slot in their portfolio, but Reel Kingdom’s instalments are primarily fishing slots, more to the point, a magnitude of Big Bass titles.
Big Bass Bonanza 1000 marks the 3rd big bass release of 2025, but the 24th release of the entire series. After the huge success of Big Bass Bonanza in 2020, Reel Kingdom has milked it for all its worth by introducing different themes, features, and mechanics, but will Big Bass Bonanza 1000 live up to our high expectations? Let’s play on and find out!
Base Game & Features
Big Bass Bonanza 1000 is a highly volatile 5-reel, 3-row Video Slot with 10 fixed pay lines and a range of alternative bet sizes between £.€0.10 and £.€250 per spin. Other attributes include an overall RTP of 96.51% and a generous max win cap of 20,000x your bet.
All paytable symbols pay from left to right, starting from the leftmost reel, when 2-5 matching symbols connect. There are 10 High and Low-paying symbols available, each capable of producing payouts between 0.2x and 200x your bet. Wild Fisherman symbols appear in the Free Spins round only, substituting for all symbols except Scatters.
Money Symbols
In the base game, Fish symbols act as Money symbols with a random value between 2x and 1,000x your bet, which is only paid out during Free Spins. Alternatively, forming a winning sequence of 3+ Fish symbols awards a payout between 1x and 20x your bet.
Scatters
During the base game, whenever 2 Scatters appear without a 3rd, there is a chance for another to be brought into view by one of the following features:
- Both scatters may move down one position without leaving the reel area, while the remaining reels Respin
- A hook animation can pull one of the reels up to reveal a third Scatter
Ante Bet & Bonus Buy
- Ante Bet: Increases your chances of triggering the Free Spins mode (1.5x your bet)
- Free Spins: Enter directly into Free Spins with 3 triggering Scatters (100x your bet)
- Super Free Spins: Instantly triggers the Super Free Spins mode, where your chances of landing the 1,000x Money symbol is increased (450x your bet)
Free Spins
Landing 3, 4, or 5 Scatters in the base game triggers the Free Spins round, awarding 10, 15, and 20 Free Spins respectively.
During Free Spins, each Fisherman Wild will collect the value(s) of all Money symbols present on the reels, after which, the Fisherman Wild is collected into a special Trail above the main reel set. Every 4th Fisherman Wild retriggers the feature, awarding additional spins and a Multiplier as follows:
- Level 1: Awards +10 Free Spins and a Multiplier of x2
- Level 2: Awards +10 Free Spins and a Multiplier of x3
- Level 3: Awards +10 Free Spins and a Multiplier of x10
When there is at least 1 Fisherman Wild symbol in view without Money symbols, a random number of Money symbols can be added to certain reel positions through a Bazooka animation. Alternatively, Fisherman Wilds and Money symbols can be brought onto the reels at the end of a spin, through a Hook animation.
Our Verdict
Since the release of Big Bass Bonanza in 2020, Reel Kingdom has found ways to manipulate each additional release by introducing quirky themes, and alternative features and mechanics.
The first release to really bring about change was Big Bass Amazon Xtreme which came with an enhanced max win cap and a nifty boot pick function. This release paved the way for promising changes and high expectations for the upcoming releases, but instead, we found ourselves stuck with the same recycled format and Free Spins mode.
With Big Bass Bonanza 1000 being the 24th release of the series, we were hopeful that Reel Kingdom would introduce a number of positive changes to gameplay, and although there are 1 or 2 noticeable differences, they aren’t enough to definitively say it’s one-of-a-kind.
Reel Kingdom introduces a 1,000x your bet Money symbol which has an increased chance of being caught during Super Free Spins. Unfortunately for UK players, this mode is unable to trigger naturally in the base game, making this game more beneficial to players within Bonus Buy territory. If you’re lucky, you may catch a glimpse of the 1,000x Money symbol in the base game and regular Free Spins, but cashing in on its value is challenging, to say the least.
*Big Bass Bonanza 1000 is available to play at Top Casino Sites from the 24th April 2025