Big Size Fishin Slot Review
Photographic blue sea runs down both edges of the screen, waves lit soft near the surface, and the reels sit inside a riveted steel frame like a porthole bolted to a hull. Big Size Fishin puts everything it has into one free spins round and lets the rest of the game go quiet, and that’s a braver choice than it looks: on a 5×4 grid with 10 paylines, there’s nowhere for a dull base game to hide. The round it backs is worth the bet.
It’s a Red Rake Gaming build, from the studio behind Million 777 Hot, Million Zeus 2 and Piggy Vegas, and it follows that house habit of doing one thing properly. The one thing here is the free spins round. Around it sits a deliberately spare frame.
That frame is a 5×4 grid, 10 paylines, an RTP of 95.3%, mid-to-high volatility, and bets from 0.1 to 100 per spin. There’s no second feature, no side bet and no buy menu on top. What you see is what the game contains, which is rarer than it sounds.
The Reels and the Paytable
Five reels by four rows, with wins paid across 10 fixed lines. Combinations count from the leftmost reel onwards, and only consecutive reels count. Where a line would pay more than one win, the highest one is what you get.
The symbols split between fishing tackle and royals, and every value below is a multiple of the total bet rather than the line bet. That distinction matters on a 10-line game: a 200x five-of-a-kind is 200 times everything you staked, not a tenth of it.
- Tacklebox: 0.5x for three, 5x for four, 200x for five
- Fisherman wild: 0.5x, 5x, 200x
- Rod & Reel: 3x, 15x, 100x
- Bobber: 2x, 5x, 50x
- Lure: 2x, 10x, 50x
- Fish: 1x, 5x, 20x
- A, K, Q, J, 10: 0.5x, 2.5x, 10x
Notice the shape of that ladder. From four-of-a-kind upwards the Tacklebox pulls far clear of everything below it, and the royals are flat across the board. Most of the paytable is there to keep the balance ticking over between bonus rounds.
The fish symbol does double duty. As a line symbol it sits in the middle of the table, but during free spins each fish carries its own cash value, and that value is what the round’s multipliers and the fisherman work on. It’s the bridge between the two halves of the game.
The fisherman wild himself only appears during free spins, where he substitutes for every symbol except the boat Bonus. In the base game there’s no wild at all, so line wins there are pure symbol work. There’s also no maximum win figure for this one: the game quotes no ceiling, so the paytable’s 200x top line and whatever the free spins round builds are all the guidance there is.
Free Spins and the Multiplier Grid
The boat Bonus symbol is the scatter, and the award scales with how many land:
- 3 Bonus symbols: 10 free spins
- 4 Bonus symbols: 15 free spins
- 5 Bonus symbols: 20 free spins
The round then works on two ideas that interlock: multiplier positions that grow through the feature, and a fisherman who banks whatever lands on them.
Multiplier Positions
When the feature starts, two positions on the grid, at coordinates 2.2 and 3.2, are marked with an x2 multiplier. At the end of every spin during the round, one of two things happens: either a fresh position gets marked with its own x2, or an existing multiplier climbs by +1. The event fires every single spin without fail, which is what gives the feature its momentum.
Any fish that lands on a marked position has its value multiplied by that position’s number. So the value of the round compounds as it runs. Early spins carry two doublers; a long round can finish with most of the middle of the grid marked, and several of those marks pushed well past x2.
Those opening marks sit on the middle two rows of the second and third reels, close to the centre of the grid. That placement matters for what follows: the fisherman can only bank what the marks have grown, so the round’s ceiling rises spin by spin rather than being set at the trigger.
The Fisherman Collects
The fisherman is the wild, and he only shows up during free spins. When he lands, he gathers the value of every fish symbol on screen, multiplier boosts included, and adds the lot to that spin’s win. If more than one fisherman appears on the same spin, only one of them does the collecting.
The obvious tension is that fish sitting on unmarked positions, or on a grid with no fisherman, pay nothing extra until the moment is right. The round is really a race: build the multipliers before the spins run out, and hope the fisherman arrives once the marks are worth collecting.
Retriggers
Bonus symbols keep landing during the feature, and they still count. The retrigger awards are smaller than the original trigger, but they stack:
- 3 Bonus symbols: 3 extra free spins
- 4 Bonus symbols: 6 extra free spins
- 5 Bonus symbols: 10 extra free spins
Retriggers matter more here than in most games, because every extra spin is another end-of-spin event, another mark added or pushed up. A retrigger late in a long round is worth more than the same retrigger at the start, when there’s less on the board for the fisherman to sweep.
Our Honest Verdict
Overall Rating: 7/10
Playing Big Size Fishin means long stretches of line wins that barely move the needle, watching the water while you wait for the boats. That’s the honest shape of it, and anyone casting here is casting for one thing: the round where the marks build, the fish stack up on them, and the fisherman finally lands to sweep the lot.
That round is the best thing in the game by a distance, because every spin changes the board whether the reels pay or not. The weakness is just as clear. There’s nothing between triggers: no wild, no modifier, nothing but the paytable, and the 95.3% RTP sits a touch under the going rate.
Anglers who enjoy the quiet hour before the catch will feel at home; anyone who wants action on every spin will find the water still. As a single-feature game built around one clever bonus, it holds together well.
Big Size Fishin FAQs
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What is the RTP of Big Size Fishin?
The RTP is 95.3%, with mid-to-high volatility on top. -
How do you trigger free spins in Big Size Fishin?
The boat Bonus symbol is the scatter. Land three, four or five of them anywhere on the reels and you’re awarded 10, 15 or 20 free spins respectively. -
How do the multiplier positions work in the free spins?
Two grid positions start the feature marked at x2. After every spin, the game either marks a new position at x2 or bumps an existing multiplier up by +1. Fish that land on a marked spot get their value multiplied by that spot’s number. -
What does the fisherman wild do in Big Size Fishin?
He’s the wild and only turns up during free spins. On top of substituting for other symbols, he scoops up the value of every fish on screen, multipliers included, and adds it all to the spin’s win. Only one fisherman collects per spin, no matter how many land. -
Can free spins retrigger in Big Size Fishin?
Yes. Bonus symbols still count during the feature: three, four or five of them add 3, 6 or 10 further spins. Extra spins matter here, because each one triggers another multiplier mark or upgrade at the end of the spin. -
Is Big Size Fishin high volatility?
It’s rated mid-to-high volatility, so expect stretches without wins punctuated by the bigger payouts available in the free spins round. -
How many paylines does Big Size Fishin have?
The game has 10 fixed paylines on a 5×4 grid, with wins counting from the leftmost reel on consecutive reels. -
Who makes Big Size Fishin?
Big Size Fishin is made by Red Rake Gaming, and its release date is 20 March 2023.
