Fishin Frenzy The Big Match

The game uses a 5-reel, 3-row grid with 10 fixed paylines, with wins reading left to right from the first reel. It is a direct line-pay slot, not a tumbler or cluster game. Low symbols are the 10, J, Q, K and A card ranks, with five of a kind paying at the low end of the table. The regular premiums are fishing and match-day objects, topping out at 200x for a five-symbol line. Fish symbols matter twice: they can form ordinary line wins, but their real purpose is to feed the collection mechanics. In the base game, that means long stretches of standard spins while the title waits for the net or bonus to do the actual work.

The Fishin’ Frenzy Net is the base-game modifier that keeps the title from being only a scatter chase. Fish symbols that land in the base game or Power Play are added to the net. On random spins, the net can activate and present a pick-style fish choice. The revealed result can award free games, collect available fish values, start a Cash Streak-style sequence, add extra fish symbols, or add at least one Fisherman in Power Play. That sounds like a lot, but it is still a collection helper, not a new engine. Its value is that it gives ordinary spins a second job. Its weakness is that the player is still waiting for the game to decide when the net matters.

Three, four or five bonus scatters award 10, 15 or 20 free spins. This is where the Fisherman becomes active. When he lands, he collects the cash values shown on all visible fish symbols, and he also substitutes for standard paying symbols. Fish values start at 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x and 50x. The Big Match upgrade triggers after four Fishermen are collected during the round. Each upgrade removes the lowest fish values, replaces them with higher ones and adds 5 extra free spins. The upgrade can happen up to three times. Once the top level is reached, the round no longer awards further upgrade spins, so the dream sequence is narrow: enough Fishermen early, then enough 50x fish before the counter dies.

Can of Worms appears only during free games. It needs the right company: at least one Fisherman and one or more fish symbols in view. When that happens, it collects all visible fish values before the Fisherman pays them, turning a scattered screen of fish into one combined pickup. The symbol can also take part in regular fish combinations, so it is not dead weight when the perfect setup misses. It is a useful addition because it can rescue a bonus spin that would otherwise depend on a single collector. It is not enough to make the release feel new.

The published base bet range converts to about CA$0.16 to CA$159 per spin, using the current EUR/CAD rate at the time of writing. Power Play is the paid acceleration lever. It costs 5x the selected base stake and filters the reels down to fish, Fishermen and bonus symbols, so a CA$0.16 base spin behaves like about CA$0.80 in that mode. There is no separately verified straight Bonus Buy or Ante Bet. Check the in-game info screen before playing, because operators can vary stake display and available controls by market.