Play Fishin' Frenzy

A screen full of Fish isn’t necessarily a collected catch in Fishin’ Frenzy. During its Free Spins feature, you need the Fisherman to land alongside them before their displayed values are awarded. That is the idea at the centre of Blueprint Gaming’s original fishing slot, available among our online slots at Heart Bingo. This guide covers the ten paylines, Boat Scatters and collection rules, with a closer look at how the original differs from later Fishin’ Frenzy games.

The reels sit against an underwater background, with fishing equipment mixed in among playing-card symbols. There are five reels across, three rows down and ten fixed paylines.

Blueprint’s online game listing is dated 1 November 2017. The series has since grown considerably, so the full name on the game tile matters. The Big Catch, Megaways and other editions aren’t simply different artwork wrapped around identical rules.

Here, the familiar base game leads into one main Free Spins feature. The Fisherman is both a collector and a wild during that round. There isn’t a collection ladder to climb before he starts catching the Fish.

Sign in to Heart Bingo and open the original game. You’ll need to be at least 18 and have completed the required account checks. Before starting, set an affordable spending limit with essential expenses covered.

Open the information panel, then choose from the stake amounts shown in the current game. The amount displayed for the spin is the figure to review. A stake range found in an older review or another casino’s version may not match your controls.

Press Spin when you’ve chosen your stake. The game checks the stopped reels for line combinations and the Boat Scatter trigger. Winning paylines are highlighted, helping you see the route the matching symbols followed.

All ten lines remain active. You change the stake rather than deciding which of the ten paths to play.

A payline doesn’t have to run straight across the middle. Some paths move between rows, joining different positions on consecutive reels. The line diagram in the game shows where each of the ten travels.

For ordinary combinations, start on the leftmost reel and follow the relevant path across neighbouring reels. Most symbols need at least three matches. The pelican has a two-symbol award, so two pelicans can qualify where two card symbols wouldn’t.

For example, three Kings spread across the grid aren’t enough on their own. They need to occupy the positions of a qualifying line, starting from reel one. A gap between matching Kings breaks that combination.

The line prize is calculated using the stated paytable units. Where a value refers to the line stake, it shouldn’t be multiplied by the whole-spin stake instead. The game information explains the units, and prizes across winning lines are added together.

The card symbols are 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. Fishing equipment includes the tackle box, lifebuoy and fishing rod, while the pelican is the highest-paying ordinary symbol.

Three special symbols explain most of the feature:

Boat Scatter

The Boat is the entry point to Free Spins. Count its appearances anywhere on the grid rather than trying to trace a payline through them. Three or more on the same base-game spin open the round.

Cash Fish

Inside Free Spins, Fish carry visible prize values. The Fish don’t need to make an ordinary left-to-right combination for their tagged values to be caught.

A tag on its own doesn’t mean the amount has been collected. Keep that separate from any normal line award evaluated under the paytable.

Fisherman Wild

The Fisherman appears during the feature. As a wild, he can help complete ordinary symbol combinations, but he doesn’t stand in for the Boat Scatter.

His other task is collection. When he appears with cash Fish, every visible Fish value is included in that catch, regardless of where the Fish sit on the reels.

The Boat count determines the initial number of spins:

The ten lines stay active in the feature, using the stake of the triggering spin. You don’t select a new amount for each of these games.

During the round, look at whether the Fisherman and tagged Fish have appeared together. Several Fish without a Fisherman leave their collection values unclaimed. A Fisherman without any Fish has nothing to catch, although his wild substitution may still contribute to an ordinary line win.

There is no retrigger in the original Free Spins feature. It runs through the awarded allocation and then finishes, rather than adding spins whenever another collection threshold is reached.

Suppose a feature spin shows three cash Fish labelled £1, £2 and £3. These are hypothetical values for explaining the rule, not a claim about every Fish available at your stake.

With one Fisherman alongside them, the catch totals £6. Add a second Fisherman on that same spin and he collects those three values too, taking the collection to £12. Each Fisherman collects the full visible group.

With no Fisherman, those £6 of tags aren’t caught. Their presence on the screen doesn’t carry them forward as a stored amount waiting for him on a later spin.

Any qualifying ordinary line wins are separate from this calculation. The Fisherman can contribute as a wild while also making the catch.

If you’ve played a later release first, you may expect a meter above the reels or Fish that upgrade through several levels. That isn’t the structure of this original slot.

The collection starts whenever Fish and Fishermen share a feature spin. There’s no requirement to accumulate four Fishermen beforehand and no rising multiplier ladder unlocked by a running count.

It also means there is less progression to follow than in some sequels. Players looking for changing symbols or additional feature stages may find the original fairly restrained.

The clearest strength is how little you need to remember. Boats open the round; Fish show the amounts; Fishermen collect them. Once you’ve understood that relationship, the feature screen makes sense without a lengthy sequence of upgrades.

The base game is more conventional. Someone who enjoys cascades or frequent changes to the reel layout won’t find that style here.

Straightforward rules don’t imply regular returns. Whether the Boat trigger appears, how the Fish values land and whether a Fisherman joins them all remain matters of chance. Past spins provide no timetable for the next feature.

For the RTP and maximum payout of the version at Heart Bingo, open its current game information. Blueprint supplies different configurations, so a percentage quoted for another implementation needn’t be the one you’re playing.

RTP describes a theoretical return over a very large number of rounds. It doesn’t specify what happens to one player’s balance during a session. The maximum payout is also a rule limit, not a result to expect from continued play.

Blueprint supports the original on mobile, tablet and desktop. The screen arrangement can adapt to a smaller display, while the ten-line game and Fisherman collection remain the same.

Find the stake and information controls before starting on a different device.

• Fishin’ Frenzy: The Big Catch 2 develops the collection idea with progression through the feature. Read its own rules rather than applying the original’s fixed allocation to it.
• Fishin’ Frenzy Megaways replaces fixed paylines with a changing-reel format. It brings a different way of evaluating combinations alongside the familiar collection theme.
• Fishin’ Frenzy Big Catch Jackpot King combines the later Big Catch format with jackpot elements.
• Fishin’ Frenzy Even Bigger Catch is another branch of the series, adding to the later collection structure.