All About the Bass Slot Review

The All About the Bass Slot Game

When I first loaded All About the Bass, I half expected another carbon copy fishing game, but Crazy Tooth Studio have gone for their own flavour. The 5x3 layout with 21 paylines sits in a turquoise lake scene, topped by bobbing boats and bass drifting underneath. Stakes run from 0.25 to 25 per spin, so both low and mid stakes players can jump straight in.

I like how the visuals and audio keep things relaxed without turning dull. The purple hatted angler looks slightly unhinged, his crew add a bit of charm, and the half underwater view gives you a clear look at the moving fish prizes below the reels. A soft guitar track plays over a sharp reeling sound each spin, which fits the stop start rhythm of the gameplay quite well.

Symbols and Payouts in All About the Bass

All About the Bass keeps the paytable clean with ten regular symbols and no card ranks cluttering the reels. Wins land when three to five matching icons hit on one of the twenty one fixed lines from left to right. Baskets, cans of worms, floats, nets, hats and tackle boxes are the low pays, returning between 0.08x and 0.40x your stake for five of a kind.

The four anglers form the premium set, with the green fisherwoman joined by purple, blue and red fishermen. These high value symbols pay between 0.16x and 0.80x your bet for a five symbol win, so single line hits will not make your session by themselves. The dynamic paytable adjusts the displayed values to your chosen stake, which I always find handy when I step bets up or down.

On top of that, three wilds shake things up. Regular wilds stand in for any paying icon, while x2 wild multipliers land on reels one, three and five, and x3 wild multipliers appear on reels two and four. When they form part of a win, they multiply that line by their value. There are also passive, boat and hook symbols that do not pay but are vital for triggering the fishing feature.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.32
	3	x0.16
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.32
	3	x0.16
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.32
	3	x0.16
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.32
	3	x0.16
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.16
	3	x0.08
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.16
	3	x0.08
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.16
	3	x0.08
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.16
	3	x0.08
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.16
	3	x0.08
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.16
	3	x0.08
	Scatter
	Wild

All About the Bass Slot Bonus Features

The headline extra in All About the Bass is the cash collect style feature using boats, hooks and fish prizes. When a boat sits above a reel and a hook lands on that same reel, you collect the fish directly under the hook. Small, medium, large and mega fish carry values from 4x up to 960x your bet, and I have seen those larger ones change a fairly dull session in a single spin.

Special fish add a second layer. Collect All scoops every other fish prize on the track, Instant Bonus jumps you straight into the main bonus game, and multiplier fish can increase another prize by up to 10x. Values on the moving 2x to 5x fish grow as they drift across the bottom. If a 2x or 3x wild multiplier sits above the winning fish, that prize is multiplied again.

How to Win at All About the Bass Slot

I have had the best runs on All About the Bass by treating the base game as a set up for features rather than chasing every small line hit. With medium volatility and twenty one paylines, wins appear fairly often but many are modest. I usually keep stakes comfortable, aim for sessions long enough to see several All About the Bass feature triggers, and let the multipliers and bonus mode do the heavy lifting.

All About the Bass Slot RTP & Volatility

On the numbers side, All About the Bass runs on a default theoretical return of 96.17 percent, which puts it slightly above the long term average for online slots. Variants with lower RTP exist, so I always check the info screen before spinning. Volatility sits in the medium bracket, though I would say it leans towards the punchier end once you factor in those chunky collect prizes.

Aboutslots quote a hit rate a shade over one in four spins, which matches my own sessions quite well. Single wins can reach 9,009x your bet if the Bonus round grid fills with high credit values and decent multipliers, though that is obviously the very top of the scale. In practice, I have seen plenty of medium sized wins that made the time on the lake feel worthwhile.

The Final Thoughts on All About the Bass

I went in weary of another bass themed slot, yet All About the Bass did enough to hold my interest. The collect feature feels more involved than most, the Bonus game has a satisfying build up of credits, and the 9,009x cap gives real top end potential. It will not suit everyone, but fans of fishing games and Crazy Tooth Studio's offbeat style should enjoy a few sessions.

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