The fisherman is a Free Spins symbol, not a base-game collector. The paytable says he appears on all reels during that round. The captured base frame has no fisherman on the reels. That gap matches the rule. In Free Spins, every fish symbol can carry a Money Collect value. The fisherman collects all visible values when he lands. The top bar turns that into progress. Portraits count Wilds. Plus ten or plus twelve labels mark retrigger points. The fourth Wild raises the Multiplier to 2x, then 3x, then 10x. Empty states also have answers. Dynamite adds fish. Hook pulls up a reel. Wipeout changes non-fisherman symbols. Super Free Spins shows the same contract early. All five modifiers sit on the trigger card.