NinoGaming Fishing Game Hub: Studios, Mechanics and What Isn't Published

Why does a fishing game feel like skill but pay like a slot? Because it is built like one: every shot is a bet, every target carries a multiplier, and the studio’s math decides which shots land. This page explains the genre, the studios that make it and what they publish.

Each studio publishes its bullet costs and target multipliers in the game’s own help screen, so open that screen before your first shot and you will know exactly what every target pays.

What a fishing game is

A fishing game, also called a fish shooting game or fish table game, puts you behind a cannon at the edge of an underwater scene. Targets swim across the screen, and you fire at them. Catching one pays its multiplier on the bet that caught it.

Gambling News describes the physical version: multiple players standing around the same table, using joysticks and buttons to shoot at one shared screen.

Element	What it does	Source of the description
Cannon or bullet level	Sets how much each shot costs	Gambling News
Each shot	Is a bet, deducted when fired	Gambling News
Targets	Carry different multipliers	Gambling News
Boss targets	Appear occasionally and pay the most	Gambling News; JILI’s Royal Fishing page
Special weapons	Power-ups such as lasers or nets	Gambling News; FA CHAI’s own game page
Energy or accumulation bar	Fills as you shoot, then fires a special attack	JILI’s Royal Fishing page; FA CHAI’s own game page

How a fishing game pays, shot by shot

1. Choose the bullet cost. Instead of a bet per spin, you set a cost per shot.
2. Fire. The cost leaves your balance with every shot, whether it hits or not.
3. Hit a target. Each target has a health value and each bullet does damage, both governed by the game’s math.
4. Catch it. When a target falls, its multiplier is applied to your bet and credited.
5. Repeat. Fast shooting means fast betting, so a session’s total stake can grow quickly.

The shot-by-shot version, with the common mistakes, is on the fish shooting game walkthrough.

Fishing game online vs arcade fish tables

Online, a fishing game is a studio’s product in the same way a slot is, and PAGCOR approves it as game content in the same way, as the table below shows. Gambling News notes that aim and target choice matter, while a target’s health and a bullet’s damage are still governed by the game’s math.

That matters for one reason. You cannot aim your way past the house edge. The return over time is set by the studio, and it is only checkable where the studio publishes it.

Fishing game casino studios and their PAGCOR records

Four studios with fishing or fish shooting games in their catalogues have a PAGCOR EGLD approved-games list. That is approval of the game content for operators PAGCOR licenses. It is not an operator licence, and it says nothing about which site you play on.

Studio	Lists fishing games as a specialism	Publishes RTP on its own site	Example titles the studio features
JILI	Yes	No	Royal Fishing
JDB	Yes, fish shooting games	No	Dragon Fishing
CQ9	Yes	No	None named here
FA CHAI	Yes, 3D fishing games	Yes, on its public games list	None named here

The difference between a studio listing and an operator licence is set out on the PAGCOR license games approval page. Each studio has its own profile in the game providers directory.

JILI fishing and the missing RTP

JILI publishes no RTP on its official title pages; all fourteen checked for this site’s provider record lacked the field. Aggregators quote figures anyway and disagree by as much as two points on the same title. That is why no JILI fishing RTP appears here.

FA CHAI is the exception among these four. It shows an RTP and a maximum multiplier for each fishing title on its own public games list, which you can read there directly.

Problems and fixes with fishing games

Licences, limits and where to get help

The legal standing of a fishing game depends on the operator, not the studio. The PAGCOR license basics explain what a licence covers, and the NinoGaming legit review applies that test to this operator.

1. Set a budget and a time limit before you open the game.
2. Use PAGCOR’s self-exclusion if you need a break of 6 months, 1 year or 5 years; see the PAGCOR self-exclusion application steps.
3. Contact one of the responsible gaming contacts on this site if play stops feeling like play.

If you prefer games where the rules and house edge are fully published, the live casino house edge comparison covers four table games with sourced figures.

Play fishing games at NinoGaming

Log in at www.ninogaming.com and open the Fishing tab: fishing shooters sit there, beside Slots, Live Feed, Poker, Sports, Bingo and Arcade. The studios on the NinoGaming lobby’s game tiles include JILI and Fa Chai, both of which make fishing titles. Pick a bullet cost that fits your budget, read the game’s help screen for its multipliers, and set a stop point before your first shot.