9 Bass Slot Review

9 Bass Slot Overview

9 Bass is a fishing themed video slot from Oros Gaming, released on the Microgaming platform. The setup is simple enough, with 5 reels, 3 rows, and 20 fixed paylines. The action plays out over a static underwater scene, while a display on the left shows the bass prize ladder. Those green bass icons are the stars, as landing nine anywhere on the grid delivers the advertised 2000x top win.

Stake levels run from 0.20 up to 120 per spin, which covers casual play and higher risk sessions. The stated RTP is 96.24 percent, paired with medium volatility, so I found the balance of dead spins and smaller hits fairly reasonable. Regular line wins can reach 37.5x for premium sevens, while wilds go higher, though the overall ceiling across everything stays capped at 2000x your bet.

9 Bass Slot Features

Most of the action in 9 Bass revolves around three main features, all running alongside the standard line wins. Bass symbols work as Epic Strike scatters and pay anywhere, wild symbols carry the highest line payouts and substitute for regular icons, and free spins come with a starting multiplier. You get that multiplier and spin count from a bonus wheel, but bass jackpots stay fixed and are not multiplied in the feature.

Bass Symbol

The bass symbol is a bright green fish with its mouth wide open and a golden glow, and it does not follow paylines. Land three or more anywhere on the reels and you trigger an Epic Strike cash award from the ladder on the left. Hitting 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 bass pays 1x, 5x, 15x, 40x, 100x, 500x, or 2000x your bet respectively.

In practice, those bass drops felt like the main shot at meaningful returns outside the bonus round. Lower steps such as 1x or 5x show up quite often, which helps recycle the balance between stretches of quieter spins. Chasing the full set of nine is naturally much rarer, but even landing six or seven bass in one go can touch 40x or 100x, which is decent for a medium game.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	Special
	9	x2000
	8	x500
	7	x100
	6	x40
	5	x15
	4	x5
	3	x1
	Wild
	5	x125
	4	x25
	3	x6.25
	5	x37.5
	4	x16.25
	3	x2.5
	5	x20
	4	x6.25
	3	x1.25
	5	x7.5
	4	x3.75
	3	x1
	5	x3.25
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x3.25
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	5	x2
	4	x0.75
	3	x0.25
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.25
	5	x1
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.25
	Scatter

Wild Symbol

The wild in 9 Bass substitutes for all regular pay symbols and sits at the top of the standard paytable. Landing three, four, or five wilds on a line pays 6.5x, 25x, or an impressive 125x your stake. Combined with the mixed sevens, which already pay fairly well, stacked wilds across several reels can throw in strong base game hits even when nothing special happens with scatters.

Scatter Symbol

The scatter symbol is a purple wheel marked Free Spins, and it only lands on reels two, three, and four. Hit all three on the same spin and you trigger the bonus round. The wheel scatter does not pay by itself and it does not substitute, so its whole job is to launch free spins. Since it appears on middle reels only, I found full triggers reasonably common for this volatility level.

Free Spins

When you enter free spins in 9 Bass, play starts with a spin of the bonus wheel. This has ten sectors showing between 10 and 30 spins plus either a 2x or 3x multiplier. Whatever you hit becomes your starting package, and all regular line wins are multiplied accordingly. Bass Epic Strike prizes stay flat, though, so a nine fish screen still pays 2000x regardless of the wheel outcome.

Free spins can be retriggered by landing another set of three scatters, and the game simply adds the same number of spins you initially received. In my sessions the feature felt streaky, with some rounds barely paying above the trigger spin and others riding those multipliers hard. Because bass prizes do not scale in the bonus, I treated free spins as a side earner rather than the only route to big hits.

9 Bass Slot Conclusion

From a presentation point of view, 9 Bass feels a bit confused. Half the high symbols are bright red sevens that look like a fruit machine, while the rest of the game leans into fishing with lures, bars, and the bass itself. The background is static, with only some gentle bubbles, and although the click of the fishing rod on each spin is a nice touch, the lake never quite comes alive.

On the maths side, the mix of 96.24 percent RTP and medium volatility works fine for steady slot sessions. Scatter jackpots give clear stepping stones from 1x through to 2000x, and wilds can carry their weight as premium line hitters. That said, a 2000x overall cap feels modest when so many fishing games chase higher figures, so high risk hunters may find the ceiling a little underwhelming.

As a regular slots player, I see 9 Bass as a serviceable debut from Oros Gaming rather than a must play release. The game flows smoothly, the paytable is clear, and bass prizes land often enough to keep things ticking. If you enjoy straightforward fishing themed slots with Epic Strike ladders and are happy with a 2000x cap, this one can fill a session, but it probably will not stay long in rotation.

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