Fishin’ Frenzy

Theme and Design

It's A Little Dated, But Fishin' Frenzy Has Retained It's Charm

The design of Fishin’ Frenzy might divide people. It’s not as flashy as some of the more modern 3D slots (remember this was released back in 2014). However, its cartoon charm, colourful symbols, and under-the-sea theme are probably what most people are looking for from a fishing slot. The interface is user-friendly first and foremost, making it a great choice for beginners.

The soundtrack is excellent too. You’ll hear waves crashing, seagulls squawking and the quiet tick of the reels spinning. Sure, it’s not super flashy, but it’s a classic fishing theme that has plenty of fans and the format has been repeated copied many times over by Blueprint’s rivals.

RTP and Variance

This slot has an RTP of 96.12% which is just a smidge onto the more generous side in terms of other slots. It combines this with low volatility, meaning you probably won’t be hitting massive wins all too often, but you also won’t have to weather any dry spells.

The 96.12% RTP is the highest of any games in the Fishin' Frenzy slots series.

Overall, it’s a great choice for players who are a little more cautious with their budget, wanting to enjoy plenty of gaming on a tighter bankroll.

Maximum Win

For a low volatility slot, a top payout of 5,000x your stake really isn’t bad! Fishin’ Frenzy manages to balance a wallet-friendly gaming experience with a pretty generous max win. While there’s no progressive jackpot or any dizzyingly high winnings on offer, we can’t fault it here.

Symbols and Paytable

Played on 5 reels and 4 rows, this slot has 10 paylines. You make wins by matching at least 3 symbols along a payline from leftmost to right. It’s a great slot to start out with as making wins is super simple.

There are 10 pay symbols, plus a wild and a scatter symbol that we’ll come on to shortly. The low value symbols are card symbols which pay from 5x your stake for 3, up to 100x your stake for 6. The premium symbols are the life ring, fishing tackle box, reel, and pelican paying from 20x your stake for 3, up to 2,000x your stake for 5.

The wild symbol is the fisherman, who substitutes for any pay symbol to help make a win. He also pays out 1x, 10x, 50x or 500x if 2, 3, 4 or 5 appear on a payline. That’s an unusually high return from a Wild symbol.

Features and Gameplay

While this game keeps it pretty simple on the whole, there are some bonus features to explore. These definitely bring a new dimension to the game and enable you to make much bigger wins.

Wilds

In the base game, the fisherman symbol acts as a wild and can be substituted for any symbols, excluding the scatter, to make a win.

Scatter Symbols

The fishing boat is the scatter symbol (it even says Scatter on the hull). If you land three or more of these then the free spins feature is triggered as follows:

• 3 Scatters: 10 free spins
• 4 Scatters: 15 free spins
• 5 Scatters: 20 free spins

Free Spins

The free spins feature is the highlight of the game. During your spins, any fisherman that you land on the reels will catch any of the fish on the reels, awarding you their corresponding prize. If you just land the fish without a fisherman then you don’t get the win. This cash collect feature fish carry values of 2x, 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 25x or 50x - a pretty exciting day’s fishing by all accounts.

The Cash Collect feature in Fishin Frenzy free spins round has been the inspiration for many fishing slots since, most notably Pragmatic Play's Big Bass games. Find out more in our Big Bass Bonanza slots guide.

Gamble Feature

The final feature is known as the gamble feature. If you make any win then you can choose to gamble your winnings on a double or nothing bet. It can double your winnings, but you might lose everything. So, sometimes it pays to exercise a little caution.