| Welcome to the first in our series of online fishing | | | | upgrade rods at some point to be able to move |
| game reviews. We will review several free fishing | | | | the line up and down. |
| games you can play online, so you know which | | | | We found the trick to this game is getting the |
| games to play and which games to avoid. We | | | | hook directly in front of the fish in order to make |
| recently had the opportunity to try the online | | | | the catch. Sounds like real fishing doesn't it? Move |
| fishing game, Bass Fishing Pro. The first thing we | | | | your boat across the lake and hold the DOWN |
| noticed about this game is that it loads very | | | | arrow to get your hook near the fish. After the |
| quickly. Many of the other fishing games we've | | | | fish takes the bait, the fisherman will automatically |
| played do not load nearly as fast, so it was off to | | | | reel the bass in. Do this enough times before the |
| a good start in our book. The main objective of | | | | clock runs out and you make it to the next level. |
| this game is to catch the required number of | | | | We only played long enough to make it through 3 |
| bass within the given time frame. You will receive | | | | levels, but the best part is after you complete |
| money for each fish you catch, and this will be | | | | each round, you can visit the tackle shop, where |
| displayed at the top of the screen. After each | | | | you can purchase more fuel, upgrade fishing rods |
| round, you will also receive money bonuses for | | | | and boat engines. Unfortunately the cost of these |
| the remaining time. Catching these fish is more | | | | upgrades runs in the thousands, so you'll be bass |
| difficult than it sounds, mind you; because you | | | | fishing for a while before you can afford those |
| need to make sure you don't run out of fuel, and | | | | luxuries. |
| the fish aren't that easy to catch. | | | | Overall we enjoyed Bass Fishing Pro. The graphics |
| The controls for this bass fishing game are | | | | are decent and the interface is very easy to use. |
| extremely simple. Use the right and left arrow | | | | It's not exactly like being on the lake, but if you |
| keys to control your boat movement, and the | | | | have a few minutes to kill at work, you'll have a |
| down arrow to control your fishing line. | | | | fun time trying to catch a few fish and make it |
| Unfortunately you can only move the line down in | | | | to the higher rounds. |
| the early rounds of the game. You will need to | | | | |