Pragmatic Play · 2025
Bigger Bass Splash is a high volatility video slot from Pragmatic Play, with a 5x4 grid and fishing theme. This page shows how it pays.
Fishing rods, lures and tackle boxes fill a 5x4 grid over the water, and the money fish carry a cash value on every spin. Line up at least three matching symbols on one of the twelve fixed lines, running left to right, and the round pays.
Outside the base game come free spins and super free spins, where the fisherman wild gathers every money fish in view. Random pre-round modifiers and collect multipliers keep each bonus different from the last.
Bigger Bass Splash, line by line
Westpoint Casino lays the numbers out plainly so you know the shape of the game before you cast.
| What it covers | On this game |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.50% |
| Volatility | High |
| Reels and rows | 5x4 |
| Top win multiple | x5,000 |
| Top win at top bet | A$1,500,000 |
| Release | 01/02/2025 |
Sizing up the reels
Useful when you want to see the layout before committing any money.
Round walkthrough
The order of a round, so the first spin is a decision rather than a guess.
Pick your stake from the bottom of the range up to the table maximum, and settle on a figure that suits how long you want to sit. Every win is worked out as a multiple of that stake.
Twelve paylines run left to right across five reels and four rows, and identical symbols landing in sequence on one of them pay out. Fish symbols also carry a random cash value for that spin only.
Spin symbols fill the grid from reel one, and the small-value fish are the ones you will see most often. Wilds and scatters are rarer, so most spins end without touching either.
Three scatters open ten free spins, four give fifteen and five give twenty, with the fisherman wild collecting every cash fish on the screen. How often that happens in a session is not something anyone can tell you beforehand.
Before you spin, decide the stake, the number of spins and the loss you will accept, then stop when either is reached. The free spins arrive when they arrive, regardless of what you do.
Each shortcut charges a multiple of your current bet, so a A$5 stake puts the entry price at A$500 up to A$1,750.
| Feature | Cost | RTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free Spins at 100x | x100 · A$500 | – |
| Super Free Spins at 350x | x350 · A$1,750 | – |
Stake A$100 across the reels and the published figure returns A$96.50 over the long run, measured across many spins rather than one session. The version a site runs sits in the game rules panel.
| Percentage | RTP | Factory Setting |
|---|---|---|
| version 1 | 96.50% | Yes |
Bigger Bass Splash rounds
Read these and you will know how each round starts and how it pays.
Three or more SCATTER symbols hand out 10, 15 or 20 spins, and every WILD fisherman scoops all MONEY values on screen. Each fourth WILD adds 10 spins and lifts the multiplier from 1x to 2x, 3x then 10x.
Base reelsFree spins round
The premium version for 350x bet begins with all five modifiers live: MORE FISH, MORE FISHERMAN, MORE HOOKS, DYNAMITES AND WIPEOUTS, START FROM LEVEL 2 and +2 SPINS. It opens at 12 spins, retriggers add 12, and the same collect rules apply.
Paid entry panelAll modifiers live
Five reels and four rows of 12 fixed paylines run left to right, and fish carry fresh MONEY values on each spin. An Ante Bet toggle adds 15x to the stake and pulls in more scatters, while three buys sit in the left panel.
LobbyTwelve paylines
Each landing WILD gathers every MONEY value in view, and that total keeps building through the whole round before the current level multiplier of 1x, 2x, 3x or 10x is applied. Hook, dynamite and wipeout events pull fish and fisherman together.
Spinning reelsGathered cash
Reels of fish drift across the screen far more often than the bonus board ever opens, and no page can tell you when that next trigger lands. Every spin is settled on its own, so a session can run warm or cold, and the figure the game returns across millions of spins says nothing about one evening at the reels.
Rules screens inside the game state which return setting is running, and that is the only place to look. Two lobbies can host the same title at differing return settings, so the number quoted on a review may not be the one facing you at the table you choose.
The top prize of five thousand times your stake is a ceiling the game allows, not a target it hands out. That sum needs the fisherman to sweep a crowded screen at the highest level, and most rounds finish a long way from it.
Entry is 18+. If play starts to weigh on you, the National Gambling Helpline is on 1800 858 858 and BetStop is the national self-exclusion register.
Pick the figure you are willing to lose before the first spin, and keep it separate from the money that pays the bills. A A$300 stake is not a bigger night if it eats next week.
Decide the point where you walk away before you sit down, and hold it whether the session is up or down. One large WILD collect is not a reason to keep the reels turning.
Use the deposit and loss limits in your account and set them well below what you can spare. They hold every session without relying on willpower at the table.
Step away for a while when the game stops being entertainment, and use a self-exclusion when a break is not enough. Coming back is always your call, not the game's.
Know It Before You Spin
You will know how the round works, what it pays and what stays uncertain.
Three or more SCATTER symbols on the reels open the round, and the count sets the length: three gives 10 spins, four gives 15, five gives 20. Each landing fisherman WILD then collects the MONEY values sitting on the fish.
The ceiling is x5,000 your stake, which works out at A$25,000 on a A$5 bet or A$1,500,000 at the A$300 top stake. That figure belongs to one lucky outcome, not to a normal session.
Pragmatic Play rates it high volatility, so quiet stretches are the ordinary state of the base game and the big collects sit in the free spins. Stake sizes that suit long gaps matter more here than the size of the top prize.
The sheet lists one return figure, 96.50 per cent, so no lower-paying version is on offer. On A$100 staked across a very long run, the game returns A$96.50 on average and keeps A$3.50.
The demo is the full game with practice credits, so cuts, multipliers and collector WILDs behave the same as with real money. How long a free-spins trigger takes to arrive is random and cannot be known ahead of time.
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