2025 Fishing Product of the Year: The FATKATTM Rig
An Eco-Friendly Rig Engineered for Large River Fish
🏆 Why the FATKAT™ Rig is the 2025 Fishing Product of the Year
It’s Not Always About the Expensive Gear — It’s About the Smart Gear That Makes a Big Impact
July 13, 2025: Walk down any tackle aisle or scroll through a fishing gear site, and you’ll find hundreds of products — high-end rods, sonar rigs, GPS-enabled drones, and reels that cost more than your first car. It’s easy to believe that success on the water is all about how much you spend.
But ask any seasoned angler, and they’ll tell you:
It’s not always the big-ticket gear that makes the biggest difference.
Sometimes, it’s the small, smart innovations — the quiet workhorses in your setup — that catch more fish.
That’s exactly why the FATKAT™ Rig has earned the title of 2025 Product of the Year.
🎯 The Best River Fishing Setup
What sets FATKAT™ apart isn’t hype or price — it’s purpose-built innovation.
Crafted for real-world river conditions, the FATKAT™ is a next-generation bobber rig engineered to do what others can’t:
- Cast farther
- Cover more water
- Adapt to different depths
- Survive rugged terrain
- Protect the environment
All in a single, biodegradable, made-in-the-USA fishing rig!
Whether you’re fishing deep holes for blue cats, drifting for walleye, floating live bait for striper, or targeting monsters like muskie, sturgeon, or even river-run salmon, FATKAT™ performs where other rigs fail — especially in fast current, snag-heavy bottoms, or remote shorelines where you only get one shot.
💪 What Makes FATKAT™ a Game-Changer?
The following table provides a side by side comparison of the features of various fishing rigs
Features of Fishing Bobbers and Fishing Rigs
| 🎯 Benefit | 🟩 FATKAT™ Rig | 🟥 Traditional Bobber | 🟧 Carolina Rig |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌎 Eco Impact | ✅ Biodegradable PHA ✅ Stainless (no lead) ✅ Circle Hooks ✅ 1 lb Trash Removed | ❌ Plastic/Foam ❌ Never breaks down ❌ Microplastic risk | ❌ Lead sinkers ❌ Lost rigs pollute ❌ Not eco-friendly |
| 🎯Casting Performance | ✅ Casts 75 yards ✅ Aerodynamic 1oz ✅ Maintains finesse | ❌ Too light ❌ Poor distance | ✅ Casts far with weight* ❌ Heavy = no sensitivity |
| 🎣 Strike Zone Success | ✅ Moves with current ✅ Adjusts to depth ✅ Ideal for rivers | ❌ Fixed depth ❌ Limited coverage | ❌ Anchored in place ❌ No depth change |
| 🎯 Versatility | ✅ Moving or still water ✅ Catfish, striper, walleye, salmon, musky, sturgeon ✅ Suspended or bottom bait | ❌ Still water only ❌ Limited bait use | ❌ Bottom only ❌ Static presentation |
| 🪨 Durability | ✅ Multi-chamber shell ✅ Can take a beating | ❌ Breaks easily ❌ Crumbles over time | ❌ Snags often ❌ Frequent losses |
*Carolina rigs cast far by using extra weight, but that same weight anchors the rig and kills the feel. FATKAT™ delivers both distance and finesse, letting you feel the fish and fish the feel.1
🌎 Why Choose Biodegradable Bobbers?
Let’s be honest — traditional gear has a pollution problem. Foam bobbers become microplastics. Carolina rigs break off and litter the bottom. The FATKAT™ solves both, thanks to:
- A biodegradable PHA shell
- Stainless steel sinkers (no lead!)
- Circle hooks that reduce fish mortality
- A commitment to remove 1 pound of trash for every rig sold
This isn’t just performance — it’s responsible performance.
🥇 Small Innovation, Big Win
The FATKAT™ isn’t flashy. It doesn’t come with an app.
But it does float better, cast farther, last longer, and adapt smarter than anything in its class.
And that’s why it receives our top pick as 2025 Fishing Product of the Year.
🎣 It’s Not the Size of the Gear — It’s the Thought Behind It
Fishing isn’t just about power — it’s about precision. It’s about feel. And it’s about leaving the water better than you found it. The FATKAT™ Catfish Rig delivers all of that — in a product no bigger than your palm, but with results that echo across every cast.