Big Bass Bonanza 1000 Slot Review

Big Bass Bonanza 1000 - Slot Overview

Big Bass Bonanza 1000 brings the familiar fishing theme back for yet another outing, this time in the 1000 line of upgrades. It plays on a 5x3 grid with 10 paylines, under water with that greenish tinge regulars will recognise straight away. Visually it is very close to earlier Big Bass titles, right down to the fisherman on the wild and the transparent reels framed by bubbles and rocks.

From my sessions, the structure feels almost identical to the first game, but the numbers have been pushed harder. The headline changes are the 20,000x max win cap and fish money symbols that can carry up to 1,000x bet during free spins. The trade-off is a very spiky, high volatility ride where the base game mostly plods along while you chase those bonus rounds.

Game Mechanics and Stats in Big Bass Bonanza 1000

In Big Bass Bonanza 1000 you spin 5 reels and 3 rows with 10 fixed paylines, needing three or more matching symbols from the leftmost reel, except the float which pays from two. Stakes start at 10p and can climb to chunky levels around £250 a spin, so both low stakes grinders and high rollers are covered. Autoplay and quick spin options keep the pace brisk where allowed.

RTP tops out at 96.51%, with lower 95.51% and 94.51% versions floating about, so I always check the paytable before committing. Volatility is right at the sharp end with a hit rate of 13.19%, roughly one win every 7.58 spins, and free spins landing on average once in 116 spins. The 20,000x cap looks tasty, but the published chance of actually hitting it is 1 in 6,366,645 spins.

Symbols and Paytable in Big Bass Bonanza 1000

Symbol wise, Big Bass Bonanza 1000 sticks with the same mix regulars expect. Low pays are the bright 10, J, Q, K and A royals, paying from 0.2x up to 10x for lines of five. Premiums are the fish, tackle box, fishing rod, dragonfly and the float. That float does the heavy lifting in the base game, paying from 0.5x for two of a kind up to 200x for five.

Card symbols 10, J and Q pay 0.2x, 1x and 5x your stake for 3, 4 or 5 of a kind. K and A step that up to 0.2x, 2.5x and 10x. Fish along a payline come in at 1x, 5x and 20x. Land tackle boxes or rods and you are looking at 2x, 10x and 50x, while three, four or five dragonflies pay 3x, 15x and 100x bet.

The fish have a second job as money symbols. During free spins they can carry random values from 2x to 1,000x bet, which the Fisherman Wild collects whenever he lands in view. He only appears in the bonus, substituting for all regular symbols while filling a meter for retriggers. Scatters are the big bass logos that drop anywhere, with three or more launching the free spins feature.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	5	x200
	4	x20
	3	x5
	2	x0.5
	5	x100
	4	x15
	3	x3
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x50
	4	x10
	3	x2
	5	x20
	4	x5
	3	x1
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x10
	4	x2.5
	3	x0.2
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.2
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.2
	5	x5
	4	x1
	3	x0.2
	Scatter
	Wild

Bonus Features in Big Bass Bonanza 1000

Bonus action in Big Bass Bonanza 1000 revolves around the free spins feature. Hit 3, 4 or 5 scatters and you get 10, 15 or 20 free spins. If only 2 scatters land, a respin or hook animation can drag in a third. Once in, every Fisherman Wild that appears collects all money fish in view and is added to a meter above the reels.

Every fourth Fisherman retriggers the round, giving 10 extra spins and stepping the money collection multiplier through 2x, 3x and finally 10x. Random extras keep things alive too, with fish dropping in when a wild is present, bazooka blasts adding cash fish, or hooks hauling in extra symbols. Outside the UK you also get buy options at 100x and 450x bet, while the ante bet raises stake by 50% for more scatters.

How to Play Big Bass Bonanza 1000 Effectively

With Big Bass Bonanza 1000 I keep things simple: set a stake that lets me ride the swings, then spin away chasing free spins. The hit rate means long patches of small wins, so I avoid cranking the ante bet unless I am comfortable with the higher outlay. For me the game only really wakes up in the bonus, so I treat the base as a grind to reach it.

Big Bass Bonanza 1000 - Final Verdict

Big Bass Bonanza 1000 feels like a straight reskin with the dial turned up on potential. On the plus side, the 20,000x cap and solid 96.51% RTP give it far more headroom than the earliest entries. On the flip side, the biggest fish is only 1,000x and the base game is bone dry, so you really need to enjoy volatile bonus hunting to stick with it.

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