Bass Hunter Slot Review – Demo, RTP & Features

Bass Hunter is a fishing-themed slot from Thunderkick that takes players beneath the surface of a clear northern lake, surrounded by pine forests, mountains and plenty of cash-carrying fish.

The theme is familiar territory for online slots, but Thunderkick adds a more aggressive resident to the water: the Hunter fish, which can devour prize values and trigger respins while players wait for the Fisherman to arrive and collect the catch.

The game uses 5 reels, 3 rows and 10 pay-lines, with bets ranging from €0.10 to €100. Bass Hunter has medium volatility, a 94.14% RTP and a maximum win of 5,000x the bet.

Most of the action revolves around Cash Fish, Jackpot Fish and the Fisherman, particularly once Free Spins begin.

It’s clearly built around the established fishing cash-collection formula, but the Hunter Respin gives the game its own small twist by creating another route towards collecting the values swimming across the reels.

Game Features

Fish symbols can appear anywhere and carry cash prizes worth 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 10x, 15x or 25x the bet.

There are also four Jackpot Fish:

• Mini – 50x
• Minor – 100x
• Major – 250x
• Grand – 1,000x

Mystery Fish hide either a regular cash value or one of the jackpot prizes until collected. The Fisherman is the symbol players want to see alongside a good selection of Fish, as landing him collects their available values.

Hunter Respins

The Hunter Respin is Bass Hunter’s most distinctive feature. When Fish are visible without a Fisherman to collect them, the Hunter may appear and consume the Fish, storing their cash values before awarding a respin.

If more Fish arrive without a Fisherman, the Hunter eats those too and continues building the stored prize. The sequence can therefore develop into a substantially larger collection than the initial screen suggested.

Landing the Fisherman secures the Hunter’s accumulated value together with applicable Fish currently on the reels. If a respin produces neither new Fish nor a Fisherman, the sequence ends.

Bonus Game

Landing 3, 4 or 5 Scatters triggers 10, 15 or 20 Free Spins, respectively.

A Fisherman progress meter becomes active underneath the reels during the bonus. Every Fisherman collected advances the meter, and reaching each group of four awards another 5 Free Spins while improving the multiplier applied to future Fish collections.

The multiplier progresses through x2, x3 and x5, making later collections potentially much more valuable than those at the beginning of the feature.

The Hunter Respin remains available during Free Spins, so the feature can combine accumulated Hunter prizes with the increasingly valuable Fisherman collection mechanic.

Bonus Boost & Feature Buy

Bass Hunter offers several ways to modify the base game or gain faster access to its features where these options are permitted:

• Bonus Boost – 1.5x: doubles the probability of triggering the Bonus Game.
• Bonus Boost Plus – 5x: increases the Bonus Game trigger chance by five times.
• Hunter Bet – 10x: guarantees a Hunter Respin whenever at least one Fish lands.
• Regular Bonus Game – 80x: provides direct access to the standard Free Spins feature.
• Hunter Spins – 250x: provides a more feature-focused route involving the Hunter mechanic.