Fishing games (also called fish shooting or fish hunter games) began in Asian arcades and are now a favourite online. Instead of spinning reels, you aim a cannon at fish swimming across the screen. Each shot costs a small amount, and each fish you catch pays a multiple of your shot value.
Small fish are easy to catch but pay little, often 2 to 10 times the shot value. Larger fish take more shots on average but pay more. Boss fish, dragons and other special targets can pay hundreds of times the shot value, but they usually need many shots — and every shot that misses is a cost.
Aiming feels like skill, but whether a shot catches a fish is decided by the game's random number generator, with the game's built-in return taken into account. Targeting cheap fish with a low cannon makes a session last longer; chasing a boss with a high cannon makes it swing harder. Neither changes the game's long-run return.
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Fishing games are fast: with auto-fire on, you can make hundreds of shots in a few minutes. Set a cannon level that matches your budget, and check your balance regularly. Our budget guide has more tips.
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Each shot costs your current cannon value, which you set before or during play. Higher cannon levels cost more per shot and pay more per catch.
Not really. Aiming decides what you shoot at, but whether a fish is caught is random. Your choices change how fast you spend, not the game's long-run return.
Yes. The games at FRENZY96 run in your mobile or desktop browser, with no app needed.
Boss fish pay large multipliers, so the chance of catching one with any single shot is low. That is how the game balances its payouts.
18+ only. Gamble responsibly.