Kina Catch: The Fishing Pokie

Kina Catch is a 918Laki house pokie with five reels, three rows and 10 lines, found under the Aus Club tab. Cash fish land with a Kina amount on them, and a fisherman on the same spin collects every one in view. Three or more kina shells start free games that move from the creek to the river to the open sea.

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What kind of game Kina Catch is

Kina Catch is a pokie, so it is played on spinning reels. It is not the rod-and-line game; that one is Papuan Black Bass. Here the fishing is the theme of the pictures.

It is one of the eight house games in the Australian Club range, which means it was made by 918Laki's own team. You open it from the Aus Club tab on the home page and it runs in your phone's browser.

There are two ways to win on a spin. The first is the normal pokie way: matching pictures on a line. The second is the collect: a fisherman picking up the amounts shown on cash fish. A spin can pay both at once.

How one spin plays

  1. Look at the BET meter at the bottom. Press the minus or plus key beside the SPIN button to move the bet down or up one step.
  2. Press PAYS if you want to see what each picture is worth at that bet. Close the panel to go back.
  3. Press SPIN. The five reels turn and stop from left to right.
  4. If three or more of the same picture sit in a row from the left reel on one of the 10 lines, that line pays. The winning line is drawn over the reels.
  5. If a fisherman is on the reels together with cash fish, he collects each fish and its amount is added to the WIN meter.
  6. The win goes to your balance and you can spin again.

All 10 lines are played on every spin. You do not pick lines; you only set the total bet. Where two wins could be read on the same line, only the highest one is paid.

The AUTO key lets the game spin for you. It asks how many: 10, 25, 50, 100, or until you stop it. While auto is running, the SPIN button turns into STOP.

The pictures on the reels

The fisherman (wild)

A wild is a picture that can stand in for others to finish a winning line. In Kina Catch the wild is the fisherman, and the reels mark him with a WILD ribbon. He stands in for every picture except the kina shell and the cash fish.

In a paid spin he can land only on the three middle reels. During free games he can land on any reel.

The cash fish

A cash fish is a fish with a Kina tag on it. The amount on the tag follows your bet, so a bigger bet shows bigger tags. On its own a cash fish pays nothing. It pays only when a fisherman is on the reels in the same spin.

When that happens, the fisherman collects every cash fish in view. If two fishermen land, the fish are collected twice. Now and then a cash fish shows as a Golden Bass, which carries one of the top amounts.

The kina shell (free games)

The kina shell carries a FREE ribbon. It is the scatter, a picture that counts wherever it lands and does not need to be on a line. Three, four or five shells on one spin start the free games.

The line pictures

The pictures that pay on lines are the black bass, the canoe, the tackle box and the lure, followed by the card ranks: ace, king, queen, jack and ten. The black bass is at the top of the pay list and the ten is at the bottom. The PAYS panel lists the amount for three, four and five in a row of each.

Free games: creek, river, open sea

Free games are spins you do not pay for. In Kina Catch they are played at the same bet as the spin that won them. The game's own rules panel gives the count as 10, 15 or 20 free games for three, four or five shells.

Three waters are shown above the reels: creek, river and open sea. Free games always begin in the creek.

  1. Each fisherman that lands during free games is counted. Small fisherman icons above the reels light up one at a time.
  2. When three are lit, a NEW WATER banner shows. You move to the next water and more free games are added to your total.
  3. The new water starts with the next free game. The cash fish there can carry larger amounts than in the water before.
  4. Fill the count again and you move from the river to the open sea, where the fish are at their largest.
  5. When the free games run out, a banner shows the total you won and the game goes back to paid spins.

Kina shells do not land during free games, so extra games come only from reaching new water. Paid spins are always played in the creek.

There is a top limit on what one game can pay. If a run of free games reaches it, the free games stop there. The limit is written at the bottom of the PAYS panel.

Tips for a small balance

Kina Catch has no gamble feature. A win is paid straight to your balance, which keeps things simple. These habits help a small balance last longer:

  1. Set the bet before anything else. The game remembers your last bet on that phone, so check it each time you open the game.
  2. Read the PAYS panel at your bet. The amounts are shown in Kina for your bet, not as a table of multipliers you have to work out.
  3. Do not raise the bet because cash fish keep landing without a fisherman. Every spin is random. Near misses do not mean a collect is coming.
  4. If you use AUTO, pick a number of spins, not the until-I-stop choice.
  5. Decide your stopping point before you start, both for a loss and for a win.

More habits like these are in the pokies tips for beginners. If you like the 20-line club style more than cash fish, try Dolphin Treasures. Kina Catch is for adults 18 and over, and only for money you can spare.

Kina Catch questions

Why did my cash fish not pay?

Cash fish pay only when a fisherman lands on the same spin. Without him, the amounts on the tags are not collected.

Can I choose how many lines to play?

No. Kina Catch always plays all 10 lines. You only set the total bet with the minus and plus keys.

Can I win more free games during free games?

Yes, by moving to a new water. Every three fishermen that land take you from the creek to the river, then to the open sea, and each move adds free games. Kina shells do not appear during free games.

What happens if the page closes during free games?

The result is already saved by the game server. When you open the game again it shows your last win and pays it.

Is there a gamble button?

No. Kina Catch has no gamble. The red or black gamble is in State of Origin and the three club classics.

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