Reel Big Fish slot
Reel Big Fish is a Blue Guru Games slot released in October 2022, a fishing game played on 5 reels, 3 rows and 20 paylines. Its fish symbols pay random cash prizes whenever a wild lands alongside them, and each extra wild adds a multiplier to those prizes. In the free spins, a meter above every reel climbs from 0 to 3 as scatters land on it, lifting that column’s fish to a richer level of values.
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Reel Big Fish: key facts
| Studio | Blue Guru Games |
|---|---|
| Released | October 2022 |
| Reels and paylines | 5 reels, 3 rows, 20 paylines |
| Top line payout | Diving gear: 50x stake for five on a payline |
| Wild | With a wild in view, every fish symbol pays a random cash prize; each additional wild adds a multiplier to those prizes |
| Free spins | Triggered by 3 or more scatters; every scatter also adds one free spin |
| Reel meters | A meter above each reel shows 0 to 3; each scatter raises the meter over its own reel by one |
| Golden Scatter | Takes its reel’s meter straight to 3 |
| Fish values | Three levels, set by the reel meters |
| Autoplay and turbo | Not available at sites licensed in Great Britain; UK rules require at least 2.5 seconds between the start of one game cycle and the next |
| Stakes | From 20p a spin in the studio’s range. UK rules cap online slot stakes at £5 a spin, or £2 if you are 18 to 24 |
| RTP | Shown in the game’s information panel |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
How Reel Big Fish plays
The 20 paylines run across a standard 5x3 grid, and the theme is built on a fisherman’s tall tales about the catch that got away. Card values from 10 up to A fill the low end of the paytable. Above them sit four pieces of kit from the fishing trade: a petrol can, a buoy, a map and the diving gear, which tops the table. The wild is drawn as a full fishing net, and the fisherman himself is the scatter. Fish are the game’s special symbols, and a wild landing on the same spin is what turns each one into a cash prize.
Wilds and the fish cash prizes
Whenever a wild lands with fish symbols in view, every fish on the reels pays a random cash prize, so one net is enough to bring in the whole shoal. A second or third wild does more than repeat the trick. Each additional wild showing on the reels adds a multiplier to the fish prizes, so the number of nets in view matters as well as the number of fish.
Free spins and the reel meters
Three or more scatters trigger the free spins, and every scatter adds a free spin of its own as well. Above each reel sits a meter showing a value between 0 and 3. Each scatter that lands raises the meter over its reel by one, and the meter decides which of the three levels of fish values that column pays from. Scatters therefore count twice in this round: once as extra spins, and again as richer fish on the reels where they landed.
The Golden Scatter
The Golden Scatter is the shortcut through the meters. Where a normal scatter raises its reel’s meter one step at a time, the Golden Scatter takes it straight to 3 and activates that column at the top level of fish values. Like a standard scatter, it also adds a free spin. The other four reels still have to be built up the slow way, one fisherman at a time.
Reel Big Fish compared with Big Bass Bonanza
Big Bass Bonanza is the obvious comparison, since both games give a wild the job of cashing in fish. In Big Bass Bonanza the fisherman wild collects fish values in the free spins, on a 5x3 grid with 10 paylines, and collecting fishermen raises a multiplier as high as 10x. Reel Big Fish doubles the lines to 20 and lets its wild cash in fish in the base game too, with every extra wild adding a multiplier. In its free spins, the growth comes from the reel meters that lift the fish values rather than from a running multiplier.
| Game | Grid and lines | How the fish are cashed in |
|---|---|---|
| Reel Big Fish | 5x3, 20 paylines | A wild in view; extra wilds add a multiplier; reel meters set the fish value level in the free spins |
| Big Bass Bonanza | 5x3, 10 paylines | The fisherman wild collects them in the free spins, with a multiplier up to 10x |
All values (Bet Levels, Maximum Wins etc.) mentioned in relation to this slot game are subject to change at any time.
Reel Big Fish at Fortune Games
Reel Big Fish is one of the fishing-themed slots in the Fortune Games lobby (18+), and the tiles above set it beside other games where anglers and their catches drive the features. The UK caps in the table apply to every player. There is no autoplay or turbo mode, as at every site licensed in Great Britain. Fortune Games has an app on the App Store and Google Play.
Frequently asked questions
What kind of slot is Reel Big Fish?
It is a 2022 payline slot from Blue Guru Games, themed on the angler’s favourite story about the one that got away. The twist is in its fish, which are special symbols: cash prizes waiting for a wild, and in the free spins their value depends on how far the meter above each reel has climbed.
How do the fish values change in the Reel Big Fish game?
There are three levels of fish values, and in the free spins each column pays from the level shown on its own meter. A reel moves up one level for every scatter that lands on it, or jumps to the top level when the Golden Scatter lands there. That is why scatters in this round matter as much for the fish as for the spin count.
Which symbol pays the most on the Reel Big Fish paylines?
The diving gear. It heads the regular paytable ahead of the map, the buoy and the petrol can, with card values from 10 to A beneath them, and its pay for five on a payline is in the key facts table. The fish sit outside that order as special symbols, with cash prizes paid when a wild lands with them.
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Checked on 12 November 2026 against Blue Guru Games’ Reel Big Fish launch release as published by European Gaming and GamblingNews, the SlotCatalog and VegasSlotsOnline Reel Big Fish records, Reel Kingdom’s Big Bass Bonanza game listing and the OLBG Big Bass Bonanza record, and the Gambling Commission’s stake-limit and game design guidance. How we research and check our guides: our editorial policy.