Lucky Fishing Megaways Slot Review

Lucky Fishing Megaways Slot Overview

Lucky Fishing Megaways is Pragmatic Play’s angling-themed take on a very familiar Megaways setup, and as soon as I loaded it I could tell it is basically a straight-up reskin of their own Norse-style Megaways hit. You still get 6 vertical reels plus a horizontal reel on top, up to 117,649 ways to win, a tumble mechanic, and a bonus round driven by a rising win multiplier capped by a 5,000x max win.

The action takes place beside a wooden jetty with calm blue water and a relaxed seaside backdrop, which shifts into warmer sunset colours during free spins. I like the fun animations and cosy vibe, and the whole thing feels tight in terms of pacing. From my sessions, it plays like a typical high volatility Megaways slot: long stretches of smaller tumbles with occasional big hits when the modifiers line up.

Symbols and Paytable in Lucky Fishing Megaways

The paytable in Lucky Fishing Megaways sticks to a simple split between low-value card symbols and premium fish. Card ranks from 9 to A handle the small stuff and pay roughly 0.6x to 1.25x your stake for a six-of-a-kind hit when the reels are fully stacked. On a Megaways engine that might not sound like much, but these symbols are really there to fuel tumble chains rather than carry the whole game.

The premiums are colourful fish and this is where the base game can show some teeth. Various fish symbols pay from 2x up to 20x your stake for six of a kind, depending on colour and size, while mid-tier fish cover the 2.5x, 2x and 1.5x brackets seen in the tables. This structure means the top symbol can deliver a very solid single-spin hit if it connects across plenty of ways, especially with wild help.

Treasure chest scatters are the key to free spins, while the fisherman symbol works as the standard wild. The wild does not have its own payout but substitutes for all regular pay symbols and appears only on the top horizontal reel. I have had some great sequences where a couple of premium fish stacks, boosted by wilds on that top row, created chunky Megaways hits even before any modifiers kicked in.

Symbols and Paytable

Symbol	Quantity	Payout
	6	x20
	5	x10
	4	x5
	3	x1
	2	x0.5
	6	x5
	5	x2.5
	4	x2
	3	x0.5
	6	x2.5
	5	x1.5
	4	x1
	3	x0.5
	6	x2
	5	x0.75
	4	x0.5
	3	x0.25
	6	x1.5
	5	x0.6
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1.25
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.4
	3	x0.2
	6	x1
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.9
	5	x0.5
	4	x0.25
	3	x0.15
	6	x0.8
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	6	x0.6
	5	x0.4
	4	x0.2
	3	x0.1
	Scatter
	Wild
	Wild

How to Play Lucky Fishing Megaways

Getting started with Lucky Fishing Megaways is straightforward even if you are new to this engine. You pick a stake between 20p and £100 per spin, then hit the main spin button or set up autospins if your jurisdiction allows it. Wins are created by landing matching symbols from left to right on adjacent reels, and because each reel can show a different number of symbols, the number of ways changes on every spin.

The slot uses a tumble mechanic on every winning spin. When you hit a win, the involved symbols are removed and new ones drop down from above, with the top horizontal reel sliding from right to left. This can repeat many times on a single paid spin. Non-UK players also get a bonus buy option at 100x the bet, jumping straight into the free spins round, but that shortcut is not available for me playing from Britain.

Bonus Features in Lucky Fishing Megaways

Bonus action in Lucky Fishing Megaways revolves around the Fishing Boat modifier and the free spins round. The Fishing Boat is a special two-position symbol that appears only on the top horizontal reel. Whenever it lands fully in view, either from the initial spin or after a tumble, it turns all positions on the two reels directly beneath it into wilds. Double wild reels with plenty of ways can really change a dead spin into a catch.

Free spins trigger when 4 to 9 treasure chest scatters land anywhere, awarding 10, 14, 18, 22, 26 or 30 spins. If you hit between 10 and 18 spins, you can choose to gamble them for a shot at more, up to 22 spins; miss the gamble and the round is over. During free spins, a progressive win multiplier starts at 1x and goes up by one after every tumble, never resetting, and 3 extra scatters add 4 more spins while the Fishing Boat remains active.

RTP, Volatility and Max Win in Lucky Fishing Megaways

Lucky Fishing Megaways runs on a high volatility math model, so in my experience the game can be quite swingy: you need patience and a decent bankroll if you are chasing its bigger hits. The top configuration offers an RTP of 96.55% in standard play, rising to 96.97% on the bonus buy, though operators can pick lower versions, so I always check the info screen. The maximum win is 5,000x your stake, and if that cap is reached during free spins, the feature ends there.

Lucky Fishing Megaways Slot Verdict

As someone who enjoys both fishing slots and Megaways engines, I find Lucky Fishing Megaways a pleasant but hardly original outing. The tumbling reels, uncapped multiplier and Fishing Boat wild reels work well together, and the visuals and sound feel polished, so the gameplay loop is satisfying when things fall into place. On the flip side, the straight reskin approach and relatively low 5,000x win cap mean I treat it as a solid time-killer rather than a must-play epic.

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