Big Bass Floats My Boat – Fishing Slot with Money Collect
Big Bass Floats My Boat is a 5×3, 10-payline slot from Pragmatic Play, part of the popular Big Bass series. The game is built around the Money Collect mechanic: Money symbols land on the reels with random values, and the Fisherman Wild collects them all and pays the combined total. During Free Spins, the Fisherman Wild's multiplier grows with every collection — that's where the game's main value is produced. Available in the slots section at ElaBet.
ElaBet holds licences from the Hellenic Gaming Commission (ΕΕΕΠ): Type 1 HGC-000032-LH and Type 2 HGC-000033-LH. Minimum play age is 21+.
Game Information
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
|---|---|
| Reels / Rows | 5 × 3 |
| Paylines | 10 |
| Wild Symbol | Fisherman Wild (collects Money symbols) |
| Scatter Symbol | Scatter (3+ triggers Free Spins) |
| Special Features | Money Collect, Fisherman Wild, Free Spins, Multiplier Wild |
| Min Bet | €0.20 |
| Max Bet | €125 |
| Max Win | 5,000× |
Theme and Visual Design
Big Bass Floats My Boat continues the fishing theme of the Big Bass series, placing the action on a lake or river with a boat. The visual environment features calm water, tree-lined backgrounds and typical fishing equipment — rods, lures, tackle — in the same recognisable aesthetic as the rest of the series.
The central character is the fisherman, who appears as the Wild symbol on the reels. Other high-value symbols depict various fish species — bass, perch and others — while low-value symbols use stylised playing card suits in a themed typeface.
Money Collect — The Core Mechanic
The Money Collect mechanic is the heart of Big Bass Floats My Boat. It works as follows:
- Money symbols: Land on the reels displaying a random cash value expressed as a multiple of the bet. If no Fisherman Wild appears in the same spin, Money symbols do not pay on their own.
- Fisherman Wild: When the fisherman lands on the reels, he automatically collects all visible Money symbols and awards their combined total. He also acts as a standard wild, substituting for other symbols to complete winning combinations across the 10 paylines.
- Multiple fishermen: If more than one Fisherman Wild lands in the same spin, each collects all visible Money symbols independently — the full total is paid once per fisherman.
In the base game, this mechanic produces small to medium wins depending on the Money symbol values that appear. The mechanic's full value is expressed in the Free Spins round, where the fisherman's multiplier grows continuously.
Free Spins
The Free Spins round triggers when 3 or more Scatter symbols (fish) land anywhere on the reels:
| Scatter symbols | Free Spins |
|---|---|
| 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 15 |
| 5 | 20 |
During Free Spins, the Fisherman Wild gains a growing multiplier. It starts at ×1 and increases by +1 with every successful Money Collect. The current multiplier applies to the total value of all Money symbols collected in that spin.
The multiplier does not reset between spins — it persists for the entire round. A fisherman appearing late in the Free Spins, with a high accumulated multiplier and several Money symbols visible, can therefore produce significantly more value than the same scenario at the start of the round.
Multiplier Wild
The Multiplier Wild mechanic is the primary value-creation tool during Free Spins. Every Fisherman Wild appearance that results in a Money Collect increases the session's permanent multiplier by ×1. There is no stated cap on the multiplier itself — the limit is set by the game's maximum win of 5,000× the bet.
In practice: during the first Free Spins the multiplier is low and collections yield modest returns. As the round progresses and the multiplier climbs, a collection of several high-value Money symbols can return a multiple of what the same collection would have paid at the start. This mechanism creates outcome swings in the final spins of the round.
Volatility
Big Bass Floats My Boat is a high-volatility game. The base game produces regular small wins from payline combinations and occasional Money Collect payouts, but the bulk of the session value sits in the Free Spins round. The final value of a round depends directly on how many times the Fisherman Wild lands with Money symbols present — and the multiplier level at the time of the largest collection.
Always set a session budget before you start and respect it regardless of the outcome.
How to Play
- Set your bet. Minimum is €0.20, maximum is €125 per spin.
- Press Spin. Symbols land on the 5×3 grid and winning combinations are evaluated across 10 paylines.
- If a Fisherman Wild lands, it automatically collects all visible Money symbols and pays the combined total in addition to any payline wins.
- If 3 or more Scatter symbols (fish) land, the Free Spins round triggers (10, 15 or 20 spins).
- During Free Spins, the Fisherman Wild's multiplier increases by +×1 with each successful collection. The multiplier remains active for the entire round.
- Autoplay is available with configurable loss limits and single-win stop conditions.
Related Pragmatic Play Games
Other Pragmatic Play titles available at ElaBet:
- Gates of Olympus 1000 — 6×5 cluster pays with multiplier spots up to ×1,000 and a max win of 25,000×. Different mechanic — no Fisherman Wild — but a similar emphasis on the Free Spins round as the primary value driver.
- Sugar Rush 1000 — 7×7 cluster pays with Multiplier Spots up to ×1,024, max win 25,000×. Candy theme instead of fishing, but the same logic of value accumulation during Free Spins.
- Fortune of Olympus V1 — Extreme high-volatility Pragmatic Play slot with an Olympus theme. Higher variance profile than Big Bass Floats My Boat.
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