Editorial note: this is a general guide to how Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake works. Slot rules, feature availability and RTP can vary between operators and game versions, so always check the in-game information panel before you spin. Slots are games of chance — nothing here is a prediction of results, and no strategy changes the odds.
Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake slot review
Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake is Reel Kingdom’s 2024 Big Bass game for Pragmatic Play, with an Arthurian twist: the fisherman wild wears King Arthur’s crown. It plays on five reels, three rows and 10 paylines, and its free spins open with a card pick that can lead to the Golden Lake Free Spins.
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How Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake plays
Fish are money symbols with values from 2x up to 5,000x stake. Their cash values are won in free spins. When two scatters land without a third, a random assist can help: the scatter reels drop one position while the others respin, or an extra scatter appears in a random position.
The card pick and the Golden Lake
Three, four or five scatters lead to a pick from 12 face-down cards. A bonus card starts 10, 15 or 20 regular free spins. Two of the 12 cards start the Golden Lake Free Spins instead, which begin with 10 spins and remove every standard symbol, so only fish, fisherman wilds and blanks can land.
In both rounds each wild collects the value of every fish in view, and random extras can help at the end of a spin:
- with wilds but no fish in view, fish can be added, or a curtain can change every symbol except the wilds;
- with fish but no wild, a hook can pull a reel up to bring a wild into view.
Every fourth wild adds 10 spins and lifts the collection multiplier to 2x, 3x and finally 10x, as in the original Big Bass Bonanza.
Game information
| Provider | Reel Kingdom (Pragmatic Play) |
|---|---|
| Released | April 2024 |
| Reels and lines | 5 reels, 3 rows, 10 fixed paylines |
| Volatility | High |
| Maximum win | 5,000x stake |
| RTP | Shown in the game’s information panel |
| Stake per spin (UK) | From 10p. UK stakes are capped at £5 a spin (£2 for players aged 18 to 24) |
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get the Golden Lake free spins?
Trigger the free spins with three or more scatters, then pick one of 12 cards. Two of them start the Golden Lake round.
What is different about the Golden Lake round?
Only fish, fisherman wilds and blanks can land, and the round starts with 10 free spins.
How do the multipliers work?
In both rounds, every fourth fisherman wild adds 10 spins and raises the fish multiplier to 2x, then 3x, then 10x.
What is the RTP?
Pragmatic Play makes more than one version, and the operator chooses which to run. The game’s information panel shows the RTP of the version you are playing.
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