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Alaskan Fishing slot summary
If you’re an angling aficionado, you’ve probably been ‘angling’ for a slot to cater for the budding fisherman in you. Lucky for you that slots developer Microgaming has launched this 5 reel, 243 ways to win Alaskan Fishing slot in mobile format. Play your slots right, however, and it’ll be more than five ‘reels’ you’ll be seeing as you take down the big prizes hook, line and sinker. Taking a trip into the wild, Alaskan Fishing sees you pitching up on a salmon fishing trip in the wide open spaces of the North, with just the stunning landscape and some hungry bears for company.
Leaving On A Jet Plane?
Gone in the mobile version of this former online slot is the breezy John Denver-esque music – a shame as it really puts you in the mood (or off, depending on your outlook on John Denver), but the graphics have made the trip over from PC to tablet fairly well. Bets can be set on the betting screen (found to the left of the gamescreen with a swipe of the finger), but on the gamescreen itself, as with other Microgaming slots, you can set your total bet without the need to pick coins.
The Symbols
On the reels are perfectly-rendered grizzly bears chowing down on a nice salmon, fishing boats, tackle boxes, soaring bi-planes and swooping eagles. The animation can get a bit busy at times, but overall the reels move fairly smoothly.
243 Ways to Win!
As with other Microgaming online slots like their geisha-themed slot, Asian Beauty, or their Gothic-themed game, Immortal Romance, Alaskan Fishing eschews the usual betting lines and goes for the 243 different ways to win system. The bigger betting pattern means more coins to win: 5,000 in the basic game, 10,000 during the free spins round, and over 20,000 in the bonus feature. Amidst all the pretty graphics, look out for the Alaskan Fishing logo as it acts as the Wild, the symbol substituting for all the other ones other than the Scatter. Not only that, but the Wild is Stacked, giving you plenty more chances to hit big.
Earn up to 15 Free Spins
The tackle box is the Scatter, meanwhile, and hooking 3, 4 or 5 of them anywhere will trigger the free spins round. 15 free spins are up for grabs (which can be doubled) and there’s a bonus Scatter on offer too.
Catch a 15x Multiplier
The smiling fisherman symbol on the 1st and 5th reel triggers the Fly Fishing Bonus Game. It’s ‘pick the best 5 from 9’ territory here, as you might recognise from other slots with bonus games. In this case hooking the five best fishing holes from the nine on offer gets you a multiplier on your stake, anything up to 15x.
Our View...
If you like some nice chilled thrills in your slots, then Alaskan Fishing ticks all the boxes: nice graphics, and good chances to win some big cash. There are some nice little animated touches, as you’d expect from Microgaming, and they work perfectly fine on a tablet. Even my small Android screen managed it pretty well without any loss in information.
