Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake: How the Game Unfolds

RTP: 96.07%
Risk level: High
Top win potential: 5,000x
Reel configuration: 5x3
Ways to win: 10 Lines
Date released: 08/04/2024

15/10/2026 Published

A near miss can still find the third medallion

Exactly two Scatters should be a clean miss; in Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake, the spin is not always over. Land two medallions without a third and the game rolls a random rescue: either the reels respin with the landed Scatters nudged one position down while the empty reels turn again, or a third Scatter simply appears in a random position. The paytable states the entry rule in fixed terms — 3, 4 or 5 Scatters award 10, 15 or 20 Free Spins — yet the behavior around that number is elastic. The Ante Bet stretches it further, loading the reels with more Scatters and adding a chance that three appear after a spin has resolved, winning the feature even though that spin pays nothing on its 10 Lines. The count stays 3; who supplies the third is the design's quiet question.

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Ways to play

One chain of four states governs every session here. The starting grid is the only way in, Scatter symbols open the first feature, a blind card draw then decides between two bonus rounds, and both of those rounds feed the same running tally of collected Wilds that extends play and grows the Money Collect multiplier.

Base Game	Everything begins and ends on this grid: 5 reels and 3 rows carrying 10 fixed Lines that pay left to right from the leftmost reel. The Fisherman Wild is kept out of this state entirely, so the only way forward is landing Scatter symbols, and the Ante Bet toggle raises the stake from 10x to 15x for a better chance at exactly that, while disabling the bonus purchase.
Free Spins	Three, four or five Scatter symbols anywhere award 10, 15 or 20 free spins, which is the first point where the Fisherman Wild can land on all reels and collect every visible Money symbol value. Each Wild is banked for the rest of the round, and every fourth one adds ten more spins while raising the collection multiplier. A 100x bet purchase reaches this same round, but only through the card draw.
Pick a Card	This step exists only after paying 100x the total bet for the feature, never on its own. You pick one of 12 identical face-down cards, and the reveal settles what the purchase actually delivers: a BONUS card routes into the regular round, while a Secrets of the Golden Lake card routes into the special one. The same spin allowance and Wild tally rules apply whichever way the card falls.
Golden Lake Free Spins	This is the endpoint of the chain, reachable through the card draw or directly for 270x the total bet, which skips the draw altogether. The regular symbols are stripped away and the reels carry only Money symbols, Fisherman Wilds and blank tiles, starting from 10 spins. Each spin pays the Money combinations and every Wild collects them, while the shared tally retriggers ten extra spins at every fourth Wild and lifts the multiplier through 2x, 3x and 10x.

Symbol payouts

Reel symbol	Function	x2	x3	x4	x5
Fishing bobber/float	High	0.50	5.00	20.00	200.00
Dragonfly	High		3.00	15.00	100.00
Fishing rod & reel	High		2.00	10.00	50.00
Tackle box / treasure chest	High		2.00	10.00	50.00
Cooked fish platter	High		1.00	5.00	20.00
A	Low		0.20	2.50	10.00
K	Low		0.20	2.50	10.00
Q	Low		0.20	1.00	5.00
J	Low		0.20	1.00	5.00
10	Low		0.20	1.00	5.00
FISHERMAN WILD	Wild
SCATTER	Scatter		10.00	15.00	20.00
MONEY symbol	Other

How to place a bet

Golden light over a sunken castle is the first thing you see in Big Bass Secrets of the Golden Lake, a High volatility Pragmatic Play slot on 10 Lines. Your aim is the Free Spins round, where the FISHERMAN WILD gathers MONEY symbol values, and every spin is a choice between collecting now and retriggering for a higher multiplier.

Enter and set your bet

The round enter button on the promo screen loads the 5x3 base game. Adjust the total bet with the − and + buttons, optionally switch on the Ante Bet for extra Scatter presence, then press SPIN; two Scatters can randomly respin or add a third.
Play out Free Spins

Three or more Scatters award free spins; buying the feature adds a Pick a Card that can open Golden Lake Free Spins, where only MONEY, WILD and blank symbols land. Each FISHERMAN WILD collects all MONEY values, and every fourth WILD retriggers with a Progressive Multiplier.