Fishin’ Pots of Gold: Slot Overview

If you’ve ever needed proof that fresh concepts are getting harder to come by, Fishin’ Pots of Gold from Microgaming partner Gameburger Studios is a decent exhibit. It stitches together a couple of famously well-worn themes, centering on a money symbol collection mechanic in the spirit of Fishin’ Frenzy, only the fisherman has been swapped out for a leprechaun named Lucky Lad Flynn. That means the fishing is served with a generous helping of Irish clichés. For some players, that blend will sound perfect; for others, it may feel completely random. Let’s see which camp you fall into.

The action takes place at a sunny pond somewhere in the bright and breezy Irish isles. In the base game you get a clear 5×3, 10-payline setup, which increases in size once free spins kick in. Visually, it’s exactly the kind of over-the-top Irish fishing party you’d expect: fish, rainbows, leprechauns, four-leaf clovers, upbeat fiddle-style music, and pots o’ gold. That full-on generic mix will charm some players and push others away.

Fishin’ Pots of Gold runs smoothly across devices, with bets ranging from 10 p/c to $/€40 per spin. Like many modern Microgaming titles, the RTP is variable, topping out at 96.47%, while volatility stays medium regardless of the version you play. Another detail to flag is the fairly modest hit rate of 19.15%, though the stronger symbol payouts help balance that out. Overall, the core objective is to collect money symbols, including four jackpot tiles.

The paytable continues the Ireland-meets-angling theme, beginning with Celtic-styled 10-A card ranks, each paying 10x the bet for five of a kind. Next come the fish symbols, then floats, flies, Wellies, and tackle boxes, where five on a payline returns 20 to 200 times your stake. For all paying symbols, you must hit at least three of a kind, left to right, starting from the left side of the game panel.

Fishin’ Pots of Gold: Slot Features

One of the game’s main aims is landing fish symbols carrying prizes, alongside the jackpot symbols. If you can reach the free spins round, you also get the chance to boost money symbol values by adding a multiplier into the equation.

Collect Symbol

Lucky Lad Flynn appears as the collect symbol, showing up on the rightmost reel in the base game, and all reels in free spins. The collect symbol is also wild, meaning it substitutes for every symbol except scatters or jackpot symbols. When a collect symbol lands at the same time as fish money symbols or jackpot symbols, the values are collected for the player. Jackpot symbols come in four types – Mini, Minor, Major, or Mega, worth 15x, 50x, 500x, or 5,000x the bet, respectively.

Free Spins

Hitting 3, 4, or 5 scatter symbols awards 10, 15, or 20 free spins, respectively. During free spins, the reels expand to 5 rows high, and 10 additional paylines are added. On top of that, the Big Bass Bonanza-style accumulation trail is activated.

From this point, each time the collect symbol lands, it is collected. For every 3 scatters collected, the cash symbol multiplier increases to x2, then x3, x5, and x10. Every 3 scatters collected also grants an extra 5 free spins. This is the only method of extending the feature, since scatter symbols do not appear during free spins.

Feature Buy

Fishin’ Pots of Gold can include a bonus buy option, but it only unlocks after you’ve triggered free spins naturally at least once. You can then purchase 10, 15 or 20 free spins for 50x, 100x, or 150x the bet.

Fishin’ Pots of Gold: Slot Verdict

Like those odd food pairings people swear by—pickles with peanut butter, banana with tomato sauce, peaches with blue cheese—Fishin’ Pots of Gold is a mash-up that will either feel surprisingly fun or simply too much. It doesn’t just borrow from Fishin’ Frenzy, the original symbol-collect style slot; it also pulls in elements reminiscent of Pragmatic Play/Reel Kingdom’s Big Bass Bonanza. There’s a strong chance fans of the latter will get a kick out of Fishin’ Pots of Gold, since the two share a similar approach, with a little extra added on top here.

That “extra” is the higher win ceiling. While BBB peaked at a middling 2,100x, Fishin’ Pots of Gold uses its four jackpot levels to stretch the top end to 5,000x. Lower max potential didn’t stop players flocking to Big Bass Bonanza, so could Fishin’ Pots of Gold be the one to knock it off the fishing-slot throne? It’s possible, though the heavy Irish dressing may be a step too far for some.

Why Gameburger chose to pair fish with leprechauns is hard to say, and the result could go one of two ways: it either feels too strange and fails to land, or it turns out to be a surprisingly effective combination. Naturally, there’s also the in-between outcome where Fishin’ Pots of Gold doesn’t really excel or crash. There are additional hooks aimed at Big Bass fans as well. For example, the reels and ways expand in the bonus, and you can buy free spins too—so long as you’ve already triggered them normally once, which is a peculiar restriction in its own right.

If Irish themes and fishing are both your thing, you’ll likely love seeing them merged into one big, leprechaun-tinted angling celebration. If not, the whole mix may feel like an overloaded sandwich of familiar slot ingredients.