No Plan B: The Reality of Chasing a Pro Fishing Career

“I slept in my truck more than I slept in a bed for two years.” - Cooper GallantBassmaster Elite Pro Cooper Gallant joins host, Mary O'Neill Phillips on the Country Outdoors Podcast. No plan B. No backup. Just a dream. Before the Bassmaster Elite Series, this is what it actually looked like — sleeping in parking lots, running extension cords from a church, and doing whatever it took to keep going.From Ontario, Canada, Cooper Gallant didn’t just grow up fishing. Before going all-in on bass fishing, he was chasing a completely different path as a snowboarder — until everything shifted.With his dad behind the camera documenting the journey, Cooper bet on himself and committed fully to becoming a professional angler.In this episode, he shares the real story behind chasing a career in fishing — the grind, the sacrifice, and what it truly means to go all-in with no plan B.This is the side of pro fishing no one talks about.New Content Weekly! https://linktr.ee/countryoutdoorsoffi...Get Country Outdoors merch here! ➡️ https://countryoutdoors.com/shop----------OUR Partners :Field and Stream https://bit.ly/3MpZgp4OnX Hunt https://bit.ly/3UyuOKNYuengling https://bit.ly/yuenglingbeer#CountryOutdoors #BassFishing #ProFisherman #FishingLife