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 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
Starting in my late 20s, I would go on one fishing trip a year to an exotic location. I went to India… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Fishing as a spectator sport in real time is the most boring thing you can imagine. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Fishing is quite a good metaphor for life. You do your prep, you do your thinking, you put your bait out, and… — 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'm momentarily transfixed, torn between curiosity and fear. I can pull it up the gently sloping mud bank, but then what? Already… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Normally, you want the river when the water is low and not when it's flooded. For example, there are parts of the Amazon where… — 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 them. — Jeremy Wade 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 very early… — 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 is simultaneously… — 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 zero visibility. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
Florida's nice and warm, there's all sorts of stuff living there that shouldn't be there! — Jeremy Wade 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 five feet… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
The most fascinating and satisfying encounter so far was the goliath tigerfish of the Congo. I first caught one in 1991, and then again… — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
We all need a bit of mystery in our lives, and rivers offer plenty of that. — 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 to pull… — 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 Copy Share Image
