Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch Slot

Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch Slot RTP, Details & Wager Limits

The Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch slot game uses a 5-reel, 4-row, 20-payline game engine. Land 3, 4 or 5 matching symbols from left to right in a payline to form a winner. In fact, you only need two of the top-paying lighthouse or wild symbols to create a winning combo.

The minimum bet of 10p per spin is low compared to many online slots. This rises to a maximum of £100 per spin. If you’re playing at UK online casinos, the max bet is capped at £5 per spin. Click on the lightning bolt icon to activate turbo spin mode. There’s also an autoplay function that allows you to set between 10 and 1,000 spins. Autoplay and turbo spin modes are not available in the UK.

The Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch RTP of 96.46% is slightly higher than the 96.4% RTP in the original Fish ‘n’ Nudge slot. That’s a decent enough figure when compared to many new slots, but a fair way behind the best payout slots. These waters are placid in terms of variance. The volatility is low. The Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch max win of 3,094x is also low when put up against the best slots.

When playing the Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch demo slot, I enjoyed the most success when triggering the free spins round with 4 or 5 scatters. This brought multipliers into play. The low volatility meant I triggered the free spins regularly. Big wins were rare, though. You can try out thousands of free play slots here at online-slot.co.uk.

Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch Theme—These Waters are a Riot of Colour

I liked the design of this Push Gaming Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch slot. The reels are set against the usual blue underwater backdrop. The symbols are bright, bold and colourful, though.

You’ll see shells, an assortment of fishing equipment and a lighthouse spinning around the reels. The bearded fisherman, smoking a pipe and sporting a dandy set of yellow oilskins, is the wild. He substitutes for all the standard symbols. The fisherman can also collect fish bonuses, which I’ll look at shortly.

There’s a gentle, almost ambient quality to the soundtrack. Combine that with the splashes that herald a winning spin, and it creates a very decent atmosphere.

Here’s what the paytable looks like:

Symbol	Payouts/Info
Turquoise Shell	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.4 or 1x the stake
Orange Shell	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.4 or 1x the stake
Purple Shell	3, 4 or 5 = 0.1, 0.4 or 1x the stake
Purple Hook	3, 4 or 5 = 0.2, 0.8 or 2x the stake
Green Hook	3, 4 or 5 = 0.4, 1.6 or 4x the stake
Any Fish Combination	3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2 or 5x the stake
Fishing Rod	3, 4 or 5 = 0.6, 2.4 or 6x the stake
Tackle Box	3, 4 or 5 = 1, 4 or 10x the stake
Lighthouse	2, 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2, 8 or 20x the stake
Fisherman Wild	2, 3, 4 or 5 = 0.5, 2, 8 or 20x the stake
Scatter	3+ triggers Free Spins

Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch Mobile Slot

You can play at Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch casinos on your tablet and smartphone as well as your computer. The conversion to the small screen is nicely done. The bold visuals were lovely and sharp when playing the game on my phone. I found landscape mode delivered the best playing experience. This is a perfectly playable mobile casino slot.

Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch Bonus Features

The best opportunities to haul in a decent catch of coins come via the Fisherman Collect feature and the Free Spins bonus, where multipliers can rev up the action.

Nets and Fish

Nets are overlay symbols that appear in stacks of 4. These drop down one position at a time on the spins that follow. If a fish symbol lands in a position with an overlaid net, you’ll win the prize attached to the fish. These are worth between 0.5x and 100x.

Fisherman Symbol

When the Fisherman lands in an overlaid net, he collects the values attached to all the fish elsewhere on the reels on that spin, even if they’re not in a net. This applies in both the base game and the Free Spins.

Free Spins

Trigger the bonus round by landing 3 or more Boat Bonus symbols on the same spin. Activate the round with 4 or 5 Bonus symbols, and you’ll start the round with 5x or 10x reel multipliers. The action here takes place on a new set of reels. Winners are formed by landing fish or fisherman symbols in nets.

Above each reel are Lock Meters and Multiplier Meters. The round starts with reels 2 and 4 filled with overlaid net symbols, and all 3 positions on the Lock Meter filled. One Lock on each Meter is removed with each spin. Once all the locks are removed, the overlaid nets nudge down their reel, one position at a time. The spins continue until there are no more nets on the reels.

• Boat Symbol: Look out for the Boat Symbol. If one lands when the Lock Meter is inactive and no Net symbols are on that reel, the Meter becomes active with 3 locks and the reel is filled with Nets.

Land a Boat Symbol when the Lock Meter is inactive, but there are Net symbols, the rest of the reel receives Net symbols.

When the Lock Meter is already active, it resets to 3 active locks.

• Boost Symbol: The Arrow in the Rubber Ring is the Boost Symbol. When this appears, the value of the multiplier meter increases by 1x.

Bonus Buy (Not Available at UK Online Casinos)

Players in some areas can pay to trigger the bonus round.

• Standard Free Spins = 68x
• Free Spins with 5x Starting Reel Multipliers = 209.5x
• Free Spins with 10x Starting Reel Multipliers = 359x
• Random Free Spins Trigger = 180x

These options aren’t on offer to UK players.

Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch Verdict: Low Max Win Disappoints, but This Fishy Adventure Delivers Some Solid Action

3.6/5

Based on our expert’s review. Reviewed by Miona Ludoski

Miona Ludoski

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Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch Slot

The visuals in the Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch slot impress, and it comes with some decent extras. Shame the max win is so low.

Pros

• Stylish design
• The free spins round is a good one
• Low volatility offers plenty of play

Cons

• The maximum win of just 3,094x is low

Push Gaming hasn’t rocked the boat with this fishing-themed sequel. On the plus side, the visuals are nicely done, and the low volatility means you won’t be waiting long to trigger the bonus round. The free spins round is decent too, even if it is tricky to trigger with the big starting multiplier.

The main downside is the low maximum win of 3,094x, which is low, especially when compared to the 10,000x top prize in the first Fish ‘n’ Nudge slot.

If you like slots with this theme, Fish ‘n’ Nudge Big Catch is one to consider. If fishing isn’t usually your bag, there’s probably not quite enough here to win you round.