Nice Catch DoubleMax

Nice Catch DoubleMax Slot Review

Five weathered fish plaques hang strung above the reels like a catch left out to dry, seagulls wheeling past them against a bright holiday sky. Nice Catch DoubleMax looks like the gentlest game on the beach, all turquoise shallows and bamboo framing, and that’s the most misleading thing about it: the symbols themselves barely matter here, because nearly every win of any size comes from the multiplier ladder rather than the fish you actually land.

The cheerful look is deliberate cover for a hard maths model. This is a Yggdrasil slot running 96.1% RTP, Super High volatility and a 5×3 grid with 243 ways to win, sitting in the same DoubleMax family as Neon Villains DoubleMax and Raptor DoubleMax. It’s also the original behind Nice Catch 2 DoubleMax, which arrived in 2024 as its direct sequel. Below the seagulls, the grid does the actual fishing.

Base Game & Features

There are no paylines here. Nice Catch DoubleMax is a 243-way game across five reels and three rows, so any left-to-right run of three or more matching symbols on adjacent reels counts as a win. Stakes run from 0.20 to 20 a spin.

Not every spin produces one: the hit frequency is 24.68%, so roughly one spin in four connects. On a Super High volatility game, that’s the rhythm you should expect, with long stretches of nothing between the collections that matter.

Fish symbols carry values of their own, from 1x the stake at the bottom up to 50x at the top, and the four catch symbols pay as multiples of stake for three of a kind:

• Red Marlin Fish – 50x stake for three
• Purple-spotted Fish – 20x stake for three
• Golden Fish – 10x stake for three
• Green Fish – 5x stake for three

The Fisherman

The Fisherman appears only on reel five, and only one can land per spin. When he shows up with any Fish in view, he collects the value of every Fish on the reels, wherever they’ve landed.

Because he reads the whole grid rather than a single row, the placement of the Fish matters as much as their size. A screen full of small values adds up quickly; a single Red Marlin can carry the collection on its own.

The DoubleMax Multiplier

Fish landing on consecutive reels from left to right unlock the DoubleMax multiplier, which then applies to every win that spin. The ladder doubles at each step:

• x2
• x4
• x8
• x16
• x32
• x64
• x128
• x256

A ladder strip sits above the reels tracking the current multiplier, starting each spin back at x1. One connected reel steps it once; a full run of Fish from reel one through to five climbs it the whole way, and any win that lands on that spin is paid at the multiplier the run reached. A run that stops on reel three, for example, pays at x4.

The symbol pays on their own are modest, so the size of a spin comes almost entirely from how far up the ladder the Fish connected.

Golden Bet

For an extra 50% on top of your stake, the Golden Bet toggle increases the chance of triggering free spins. It’s a flat surcharge on every spin while it’s on, and it doesn’t change anything else: same grid, same ladder, same pays. At the 0.20 minimum stake, the cheapest way to run it costs 0.30 a spin.

Nice Catch DoubleMax Free Spins & Bonus Buys

Three or more Bonus symbols trigger free spins, played at the bet of the activating spin. The Bonus symbol is a ship, and it can appear on multiple reels at once. The scatter count sets the length of the round:

• 3 Bonus symbols – 8 free spins
• 4 Bonus symbols – 11 free spins
• 5 Bonus symbols – 14 free spins

The round plays out on the same grid with the same Fish, Fisherman and ladder mechanics, so nothing new has to be learned on entry. What changes is the value of every Fisherman that lands.

Any Fisherman appearing during the round awards one extra free spin and doubles the multiplier prizes for the rest of the round. That doubling is permanent once triggered, so a Fisherman on the first spin reshapes the whole session, while one on the last spin mostly pays for itself. Landing several across a round is where the big results live, because each one stacks its doubling on top of the last.

Free Spins Gamble

On entry, you can gamble the spin count before the round begins: 8 up to 11, or 11 up to 14. There’s no intermediate loss, no partial award, no way back.

Lose the gamble and the entire free spins session is gone, with nothing paid in its place. On a Super High volatility game it’s a sharp option to have sitting between you and a round you may have waited a long time to reach.

Bonus Buy

There are two ways in if you’d rather skip the wait:

• 100x stake – free spins with three or more Bonus symbols
• 500x stake – a guaranteed 20 free spins

The 100x option leaves the scatter count to chance, so it can hand you the 8-spin round as easily as the 14. The 500x option removes that variance entirely, and at 20 guaranteed spins it’s also longer than any natural trigger can produce. Either way, the gamble is still on offer on entry, so a bought round can be pushed from 8 spins towards 14, or lost entirely.

Our Honest Verdict

Overall Rating: 7.1/10

This is a slow fish. You spend most of your time on the beach watching small collections drift past, waiting for one spin where the Fish line up and the ladder does the work. That’s the reason to pick it over friendlier fishing slots: when a run connects and the Fisherman lands, the numbers move further than the sunny artwork ever suggests they will.

The free spins round is the best thing here, purely because the Fisherman’s doubling stacks. The base game is the problem: the symbols pay so little on their own that a spin without a connected run is close to dead weight, and with a hit rate of one in four, most spins are exactly that.

It’s a good fit for players who like waiting out a Super High grind for one multiplied payoff, and a poor one for anyone after steady small wins, because this game simply doesn’t pay that way. The water’s warm, but it’s deep.

Nice Catch DoubleMax FAQs

• What is the RTP of Nice Catch DoubleMax?

  It’s 96.1%, which sits right around the industry average.
• Is Nice Catch DoubleMax high volatility?

  Yes. It’s rated Super High, the top of Yggdrasil’s volatility scale.
• How often does Nice Catch DoubleMax hit?

  The hit frequency is 24.68%, so roughly one spin in four produces a win.
• How do you trigger free spins in Nice Catch DoubleMax?

  Land three or more Bonus symbols, which are ships. Three awards 8 free spins, four awards 11, and five awards 14.
• What does the Fisherman symbol do?

  He only appears on reel five, and when he lands with any Fish in view he collects the value of every Fish on screen. During free spins he also adds one spin and doubles the multiplier prizes for the rest of the round.
• Can you buy the bonus on Nice Catch DoubleMax?

  Yes. 100x your stake buys a free spins round with three or more Bonus symbols, and 500x buys a guaranteed 20 free spins.
• How does the DoubleMax multiplier work?

  Connect Fish on consecutive reels from the left and the multiplier doubles for every extra reel, from x2 up to x256. It applies to all wins on that spin and resets to x1 on the next.
• What is the Free Spins Gamble?

  When you trigger free spins you can gamble the spin count, from 8 up to 11 or from 11 up to 14. If the gamble fails, the entire free spins session is lost.
• What is the minimum and maximum bet on Nice Catch DoubleMax?

  Stakes run from 0.20 to 20 per spin, or 0.30 to 30 with the Golden Bet switched on.
• Who makes Nice Catch DoubleMax?

  Yggdrasil.