Everything starts with fishermen's tales. Everywhere you go the fishermen talk. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
We all need a bit of mystery in our lives, and rivers offer plenty of that. — Jeremy Wade Mystery Copy Share Image
I go to the Congo or the Amazon, but every river has its mystery of what is down there. — Jeremy Wade Congo Copy Share Image
I grew up in a little village in England that had a river running through it so I've been fishing from a… — Jeremy Wade Age Copy Share Image
When the fish relaxes, that's when I bring the rod down and reel in. But you don't rush it. If it runs,… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
You don't necessarily have to go to some exotic location halfway around the world. You can find that other world very close… — Jeremy Wade Around the world Copy Share Image
People assume I'm fearless. A lot of the things I deal with are pretty scary. Fear makes you pay attention - it's… — Jeremy Wade Attention Copy Share Image
There are some species, one was the Goliath Tigerfish, that took me six years to track down and catch. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Sea water is clear and you can put the camera in sea water and you can see stuff, whereas freshwater is often… — Jeremy Wade Camera Copy Share Image
I've been stabbed by a catfish. They've got quite sharp spines on their pectoral fins. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Lake Garda it's very different. The northern part of the lake is very much Loch Ness, deep sides, but as soon as… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I have feared for my life on fishing trips - I was once in a plane crash in the Amazon, for example,… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I was 7 or 8, and my parents gave me a rod and reel as a way to get me out of… — Jeremy Wade Cold Copy Share Image
One place that I have very strong memories of is the Congo. That's somewhere I've been to four times. It's not a… — Jeremy Wade Congo Copy Share Image
I've had some hands on experience with some very big bull sharks. One false move you could be minus a few fingers… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water. If you look at television there's lots of documentaries on… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I actually found contracting malaria in the Congo fascinating. Observing your body under attack from this microorganism and seeing how it responds… — Jeremy Wade Biology Copy Share Image
The stream at the end of your street can be a place where you make contact with this whole other amazing world… — Jeremy Wade Amazing Copy Share Image
I made a series set in India that was more of a conventional fishing show. The fish were very uncooperative, so we… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
“...I'm momentarily transfixed, torn between curiosity and fear. I can pull it up the gently sloping mud bank, but then what? Already… — Jeremy Wade Fear Copy Share Image
I have caught some big eels in New Zealand, where the climate is very similar to Scotland. But they grow to around… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Once I started catching fish I was very curious to see what other fish there are. This happens to most people who… — Jeremy Wade Catching fish Copy Share Image
Fishing as a spectator sport in real time is the most boring thing you can imagine. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Normally if you are in a boat, you can follow a fish around, but if you are on the shore, you have… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The worst thing that happened when filming 'River Monsters' was the time when our sound recordist was hit by lightning. — Jeremy Wade Lightning Copy Share Image
The 'Amazon Nessie' turned out to be a malformed pink river dolphin, so not a fish, although quite fish-like in appearance. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
One of my favorite fish is the Arapaima. It lives in the Amazon and they grow maybe nine feet long and one… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I've been in situations where if I'd been careless I could have been missing some fingers or a hand or something like… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The way that we live with potentially dangerous animals is not to kill them, but to understand them and to coexist with… — Jeremy Wade Animal Copy Share Image
I did a series in 2002 called 'Jungle Hooks.' We did a show on the arapaima fish, which is thought to be… — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
But the whole reason I fish is that you never know for sure what is down there. Unless you drained Loch Ness… — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
You start off interested in variety and then it's always about bigger fish, bigger fish and I became fairly obsessive, I think,… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I think fish do have personalities. Fish have very small brains so there's not much going on in there. But different types… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
A river without monsters is a scarier prospect because it means the water is unhealthy. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
