Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways Slot Features

Floating right under the lake's surface, a 6x8 grid awards payouts for matching at least 3 symbols (or 2, in the case of the top-paying one) on consecutive columns. All qualifying combinations must begin from the left side of the board and continue rightwards. Each win will explode and disappear from view, triggering a cascade of remaining symbols and allowing new instances to fall in from above. Prizes for regular hits range from 0.1 to 1.5 times the bet in the case of low-value royal characters and from 0.2 to 50 times for scoring on premium icons represented by a tack box, a dragonfly, a fishing rod, and a bobber.

Above the main grid, there are 3 horizontal reels that lock and unlock randomly on every spin. The topmost row contains only Wild symbols and blanks, while the remaining two are populated by all others available in the game. Only icons from the unlocked rows can participate in winning combinations.

Mystery Symbols

Symbols represented by an oil lantern may drop on all reels. In the base game, after the spin is concluded, they reveal matching images. In free spins, if there's a Fisherman symbol on the grid but no Fish Money symbols, they can randomly appear and change into any other random symbol.

Free Spins

Landing 3, 4, 5, or 6 Scatters triggers the bonus with 10, 15, 20, or 25 free spins, respectively. During the round, the Fisherman symbol appears on all reels and collects any Fish Money symbols that land on the grid in the same spin. Additionally, every 4th Fisherman scored grants a retrigger awarding 10 extra spins and an increased multiplier applied to prizes from Fish Money symbols.

• 1st retrigger: multiplier x2
• 2nd retrigger: multiplier x3
• 3rd retrigger: multiplier x10
• Every successive retrigger: multiplier +x10 with no limit

Hold & Spin Bonus

Coin Money symbols holding values between 1x and 30x may drop on all reels. Scoring at least 3 anywhere in view activates the Hold & Spin bonus with 3 respins. Triggering icons become sticky, and all others are cleared from the grid. During the round, only Coin Money symbols or Diamond Money (with values between 50x and 2000x) may land, triggering a payout of all visible symbols and resetting the respin counter. The bonus has a minimum guaranteed win of 20 times the bet. If such a threshold has not been achieved, 3 more respins will be added.

Bonus Buy

Players can access both bonus rounds through the Bonus Buy option. Free spins cost 100 times the bet, while the Hold & Spinner round costs 120 times.

Final Thoughts

Pragmatic Play and Reel Kingdom continuously push the limits of the Big Bass franchise by mixing existing features and adding new ones while occasionally also changing the scenery to a more exotic one. Big Bass Hold & Spinner Megaways focuses entirely on combining three fan-favorite mechanisms and adds a pinch of innovation to shake things up in the base game. We refer to the triple horizontal reel at the top of the grid that extends the usual 117,649 ways to 147,456 by activating up to 3 extra rows. Perhaps not a game-changer, but undoubtedly a refreshing way of composing the grid. A more powerful enhancement occurs in the free spins where retriggers after the third are possible, and each increases the multiplier by 10 without an upper limit. Now, that's something to look forward to since it opens the way to a substantial max win of 20,000x.

Visually, the game follows the art style and the cheerful mood of its predecessors. Identical imagery, similar environment, and the usual animations accompanying big wins or feature triggers. Nothing to write home about. Still, everything seems fitting and familiar, so for Big Bass series enthusiasts, it will feel like home.