About Le Fisherman
Le Fisherman belongs to the "Le" series from Hacksaw Gaming, next to Le Digger, Le Prechaun and Le Sortudo. Its lead is Smokey, the French raccoon, who puts his heists on hold for a fishing weekend in orange floaties and yellow wellies. The lure is a rumoured treasure at the bottom of the lake.
Wins come from clusters of 5+ matching symbols, and Super Cascades refill the grid after each one. Every winning spot lights up as a Golden Square, and a Rainbow turns those squares into Coins worth 0.2x to 500x the bet. The main bonus comes in three free spins tiers, each worth 10 free spins.
Le Fisherman Theme & Visuals
The Le Fisherman slot sets its reels on a lake under an open sky, with Smokey in full fishing gear beside the grid. Fish, Anchor, Worm on Hook, Fishing Float and Rain Hat are the top-paying tackle, while A, K, Q, J and 10 cover the low end.
The Wild is a pink clam shell stamped with a "W", and the FS scatter is a life ring with an "FS" badge. Clovers come in green and gold, Buckets are grey tin pails and the Global Bucket is golden. Smokey swapped the crowbar for a fishing rod, and the Buckets do the collecting.
Cluster Pays & Super Cascades
Le Fisherman has no paylines: 5 or more matching symbols connecting anywhere on the grid form a winning combination. The Wild substitutes for every paying symbol to complete a cluster. Only the highest win per combination is paid, and separate wins in one round are added together.
Super Cascades then remove every regular symbol of the winning type from the grid, including copies outside the cluster. New symbols drop in to fill the gaps, and cascades continue until no new win forms. Each win also leaves Golden Squares behind the symbols that paid.
Golden Squares & Rainbow Reveals
Every win highlights the squares behind its winning symbols as Golden Squares. When a Rainbow lands, it waits until all wins are collected and then activates every Golden Square. Each activated square reveals a Special symbol: a Bronze, Silver, Gold or Diamond Coin, a Green or Gold Clover, or a Bucket or Global Bucket.
An Epic Rainbow reveals Special symbols on all 30 positions, with the same reveal and activation steps. FS, Rainbow and Epic Rainbow symbols cannot land at the same time. In the base game, all Special symbols and Golden Squares clear from the grid after the payout.
Coins are cash prizes paid as multiples of the bet. Le Fisherman has no jackpots, so the Diamond Coin at 500x is the largest fixed prize.
| Coin | Values (x bet) |
|---|---|
| Bronze Coin | 0.2x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x |
| Silver Coin | 5x, 10x, 15x, 20x |
| Gold Coin | 25x, 50x, 100x |
| Diamond Coin | 150x, 250x, 500x |
Clovers, Buckets & Global Buckets
Once every Golden Square is revealed, the Clovers activate first. A Green Clover multiplies Coins and existing Buckets or Global Buckets on adjacent squares, and a Gold Clover multiplies them across the whole grid. Each Clover applies one multiplicative multiplier: x2, x3, x4, x5, x10 or x20.
A Clover with no Special symbols nearby waits and activates once the grid has something to multiply. Buckets go next, one at a time from top to bottom and left to right. Each Bucket collects every Coin and activated Bucket or Global Bucket in the 3x3 area around it and stores the total.
Global Buckets activate last, also top to bottom and left to right, and collect every Coin, Bucket and Global Bucket on the whole grid. Golden Squares collected by a Bucket reveal new Special symbols, and the cycle repeats. An activated Bucket or Global Bucket does not collect a second time.
At the end, all Coins and Buckets are added together and multiplied by the bet. At a $1 bet, a Gold Coin of 100x pays $100. Under a Green Clover x20, the same Coin becomes 2,000x, or $2,000.
Le Fisherman Free Spins Bonuses
The bonus tier depends on how many FS symbols land at the same time in the base game. 3 FS start On Thin Ice, 4 FS start Slippery When Wet and 5 FS start Smokey Under Water. Every tier awards 10 free spins and keeps the base game mechanics.
On Thin Ice
Golden Squares turn progressive here and stay on the grid until a Rainbow or Epic Rainbow activates them. Outside the grid runs the Big Catch Bar, which moves up one step for every FS symbol that lands.
Every 5th FS symbol reaches a new Level and adds +5 free spins, so Level 4 takes 20 FS symbols in one bonus. Fill the Big Catch Bar and every Rainbow on the lake starts paying out bigger. From Level 1 on, a Rainbow transforms into another Special symbol after it activates.
| Level | What the Rainbow does after activating |
|---|---|
| 0 | Works as usual |
| 1 | Transforms into a Green Clover |
| 2 | Transforms into a Global Bucket |
| 3 | Transforms into a Gold Clover |
| 4 | Rainbow or Epic Rainbow guaranteed on every free spin; Rainbow transforms into a Gold Clover |
Slippery When Wet
Golden Squares stay on the grid for the whole bonus, even after a Rainbow activates them. When an Epic Rainbow activates the full grid, only the Golden Squares that were there before it remain afterwards.
The lowest Coin is worth 1x in this bonus. Highlights pile up spin after spin, so each new Rainbow activates the old squares again along with the fresh ones. The Big Catch Bar and its Levels work as in On Thin Ice.
Smokey Under Water
Smokey Under Water is the hidden epic tier, and it cannot be bought: the only way in is a natural trigger.
It runs on Slippery When Wet rules, with the Big Catch Bar starting at Level 4 and staying there for the entire bonus. FS symbols cannot land in this round, so no extra free spins are added.
Le Fisherman Paytable
Cluster payouts grow with cluster size, from 5 symbols up to 12+. Amounts are in dollars at a $1 bet, so each one also reads as a multiple of the bet. A 12+ Fish cluster pays $100, or 100x.
Coins, Clovers and Buckets pay only through Golden Squares reveals, so they have no cluster values.
| Symbol | 12+ | 10–11 | 8–9 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | $100 | $20 | $5 | $2 | $1.50 | $1 |
 | $50 | $10 | $2.50 | $1.50 | $1 | $0.50 |
 | $50 | $10 | $2.50 | $1.50 | $1 | $0.50 |
 | $25 | $5 | $1 | $0.70 | $0.50 | $0.30 |
 | $25 | $5 | $1 | $0.70 | $0.50 | $0.30 |
 | $10 | $2 | $0.50 | $0.30 | $0.20 | $0.10 |
 | $10 | $2 | $0.50 | $0.30 | $0.20 | $0.10 |
 | $10 | $2 | $0.50 | $0.30 | $0.20 | $0.10 |
 | $10 | $2 | $0.50 | $0.30 | $0.20 | $0.10 |
 | $10 | $2 | $0.50 | $0.30 | $0.20 | $0.10 |
 | Substitutes for all paying symbols; no own payout | |||||
 | Scatter – starts the free spins bonuses; no own payout | |||||
Le Fisherman Bonus Buy & FeatureSpins
The Bonus Buy menu lists five options: three FeatureSpins modes charged per spin and two bonus buys that open a free spins round directly. A FeatureSpins mode stays switched on until you press DISABLE, and every spin costs its price at the current bet.
Buy costs can exceed the $50 bet limit. The menu labels On Thin Ice as Medium volatility, Rainbow Epic Drop as Very high and the other three options as High.
| Option | Type | Cost | Cost at $1 bet | RTP | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BonusHunt FeatureSpins | Per spin | 3x | $3 | 96.33% | Bonus game 5 times more likely to trigger |
| Rainbow Trout FeatureSpins | Per spin | 50x | $50 | 96.14% | At least 1 win + Rainbow or Epic Rainbow every spin; min Coin 1x; FS cannot land |
| Rainbow Epic Drop FeatureSpins | Per spin | 500x | $500 | 96.28% | Epic Rainbow guaranteed every spin; min Coin 1x; FS cannot land |
| On Thin Ice | Bonus buy | 60x | $60 | 96.31% | Starts the bonus directly |
| Slippery When Wet | Bonus buy | 250x | $250 | 96.25% | Starts the bonus directly |
Le Fisherman RTP & Volatility
Le Fisherman online returns an RTP of 96.33% in the base game, and each Bonus Buy option carries its own RTP. Volatility is High.
The max win is 15,000x the bet: $1,500 at $0.10, $15,000 at $1 and $750,000 at $50. It can land in the base game, though with lower probability when bonus rounds are excluded. Reaching it ends the round at once.
How to Play Le Fisherman
Choose a casino
Pick a licensed Le Fisherman casino that carries Hacksaw Gaming titles and accepts USD accounts.
Register or log in
Create an account or sign in. Complete the age check that confirms you are 18+.
Make a deposit
Open the cashier, choose a card or e-wallet and fund your balance.
Find the game
Type the title into the lobby search to play Le Fisherman.
Set your bet
Pick one of 27 bet levels between $0.10 and $50. Autoplay runs 10 to 1000 rounds with loss and single-win limits, and Turbo or Super Turbo speeds up each spin.
Spin or activate a feature
Press spin for a regular round. You can also switch on a FeatureSpins mode or buy a bonus from the Bonus Buy menu.
Playing Le Fisherman on a Budget
At the default $2.00 bet, a $100 budget covers only 50 base spins. Every count assumes a $100 session and is rounded down to whole spins or buys.
| Bet level | Base spins for $100 | BonusHunt spins | On Thin Ice buys | Slippery When Wet buys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.10 | 1,000 | 333 | 16 | 4 |
| $0.20 | 500 | 166 | 8 | 2 |
| $1.00 | 100 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| $2.00 | 50 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
At $0.20, one Rainbow Trout FeatureSpin costs $10 and one Rainbow Epic Drop costs $100. The same budget covers 10 of the first or 1 of the second. At $1, $100 does not reach a single Slippery When Wet buy.
Set the session limit before the first spin and stop once it is spent.
Le Fisherman Demo vs Real Money
The free Le Fisherman game in demo mode runs the same rules, bet levels, FeatureSpins modes and bonus buys on a virtual balance. You can watch the Rainbow transform at each Big Catch Bar Level before any real stake, and demo winnings cannot be withdrawn.
In real-money play, wins go to your cash balance and every buy is charged from real funds. Autoplay, Turbo and Bonus Buy availability depends on the casino's jurisdiction.
About Hacksaw Gaming
Hacksaw Gaming started out with scratch cards and instant-win games, and its vertical mobile format comes from that background. Bonus buy appears in almost every release from the studio, and Le Fisherman carries its own Bonus Buy menu.
FAQ
Every win highlights the squares behind its symbols, and a Rainbow later activates them. Each square reveals a Coin worth 0.2x to 500x the bet, a Clover or a Bucket. Clovers multiply and Buckets collect before the total is paid.
A Rainbow activates only the Golden Squares that wins have already highlighted. An Epic Rainbow reveals Special symbols on all 30 grid positions, and both follow the same reveal and activation steps.
Clovers go first and apply multipliers from x2 to x20. Buckets follow from top to bottom and left to right, then Global Buckets collect the whole grid. Collected Golden Squares reveal new Special symbols, and the cycle repeats.
Every FS symbol moves the bar one step, and every 5th one unlocks a new Level with +5 free spins. Levels 1 to 3 turn an activated Rainbow into a Green Clover, a Global Bucket and a Gold Clover in turn. Level 4 guarantees a Rainbow or Epic Rainbow on every free spin.
Land 5 FS symbols at the same time in the base game. The bonus awards 10 free spins with the Big Catch Bar held at Level 4, and it cannot be bought.
Each spin costs 3x the bet, or $3 at a $1 bet, and makes a bonus game 5 times more likely to trigger. The mode returns 96.33% and stays on until you press DISABLE.
The cap is 15,000x the bet in every game mode. Once it is reached, the round ends immediately and any remaining free spins or features are discarded.