Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways Slot Review

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways: Slot Overview

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways throws me straight back into that familiar bass fishing universe, only wider and louder. Reel Kingdom and Pragmatic Play have taken the Hold & Spinner concept and strapped a Megaways engine on top. The layout mixes a 6 reel set below with a 4 reel, 3 row strip above reels two to five. The top row carries only wilds and blanks, while the others can show any pay symbols.

Visually it is classic Big Bass: bubbling water, swimming fish and a jolly tune rolling along in the background. Bets span from 20 pence up to 250 pounds, so I can treat it as a casual grind or a serious session. The Megaways setup pushes ways to win up to 147,456, with tumbling reels on every hit, random mystery symbols and even two bonus buy options keeping the base game lively.

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways: Slot Features

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways: Slot Features lean heavily on Fish Money symbols and the fisherman. In the base game, fish land with cash values from 2x to 5,000x stake, explode when they form wins and tumble away. Hitting three, four, five or six scatters gives 10, 15, 20 or 25 free spins. During this bonus the fisherman can land on any reel apart from the very top horizontal row.

Each fisherman that lands in free spins scoops up every Fish Money value in view and then moves into a collection meter. For every four fishermen collected, the game adds ten more spins and raises a win multiplier on all later fish collects. The first retrigger sets it to x2, the second to x3 and the third to x10, after which each step adds another ten to that multiplier with no fixed limit.

The second feature is the Hold & Spin Bonus, triggered when three or more Coin Money symbols land on the reels below the upper strip. Those coins lock to a board and award three respins. Only Coin Money and Diamond Money symbols, plus blanks, can land. Each new coin resets the respins to three and every value on screen is added to the total. Diamonds can show 50x to 2,000x stake, while rounds that finish under 20x trigger three extra respins.

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways Symbols and Paytable

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways Symbols and Paytable follow the familiar Big Bass structure. At the low end sit thickly drawn 10, J, Q, K and A royals, paying from 1x up to around 1.5x the stake for six of a kind. Above them are the themed icons, including Fish Money, a tackle box, a dragonfly and a reel, with a bright float symbol standing as the true premium.

The float pays up to 50x the bet for a full way of six, stepping down through 25x and 10x. The next picture symbol tops out at 5x, while other picture pays sit around 2.5x or 2x for six. Wilds appear mostly on the upper strip and substitute for regular symbols. Scatter symbols handle free spin triggers, Coin Money and Diamond Money symbols drive Hold & Spin, and mystery symbols can flip into matching pays when they land.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x50
	5	x25
	4	x10
	3	x2
	2	x1
	6	x5
	5	x2.5
	4	x2
	3	x1
	6	x2.5
	5	x1
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.3
	6	x2
	5	x0.8
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.3
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x1
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Mystery
	Scatter
	Wild

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways: RTP, Volatility and Max Win

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways: RTP, Volatility and Max Win numbers tell me straight away this is a high variance slot. The default return is 96.70%, with alternative settings at 95.69% and 94.62%, so always check the help screen where you play. Volatility is rated five out of five and the game advertises a maximum win of 20,000x bet, achievable in the base game, free spins or the Hold & Spin feature.

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways: Slot Verdict

Big Bass Hold & Spin Megaways: Slot Verdict from my side is that this feels like a deluxe entry in the series. Pragmatic Play and Reel Kingdom have tinkered with almost every part, from the chunky Megaways grid to a hold and win style bonus that keeps clearing coins between respins. I do suffer a bit of Big Bass fatigue, yet this one gives fans a bigger, more feature rich version to chase.

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