--- title: "4 Fresh water Quotes By Jeremy Wade" description: "4 Fresh water quotes by Jeremy Wade. Plus more from Jeremy Wade and more Fresh water sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/jeremy-wade-8413_deep_there-s-less-mystery-in-the-sea-than-the_789085.jpg" --- > [There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water. If you look at television there's lots of documentaries on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/there-s-less-mystery-in-the-sea-than-there-is-in-fresh-water-if-you/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/jeremy-wade-8413_deep_there-s-less-mystery-in-the-sea-than-the_789085.jpg) > [It took me six years going to the Amazon, three months at a time, to actually track down the arapaima. That's commonly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/it-took-me-six-years-going-to-the-amazon-three-months-at-a-time-to/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/jeremy-wade-8413_fish_it-took-me-six-years-going-to-the-amazon_1547746.jpg) > [The other thing is, visibility is often not very good in fresh water. So if a fish bites something, a part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/the-other-thing-is-visibility-is-often-not-very-good-in-fresh-water/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/316/jeremy-wade-8413_body_the-other-thing-is-visibility-is-often-n_1696830.jpg) > [The thing about the oceans is there is the benefit of water clarity. You can see what's going on there, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/the-thing-about-the-oceans-is-there-is-the-benefit-of-water-clarity/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/jeremy-wade-8413_clarity_the-thing-about-the-oceans-is-there-is-t_2198935.jpg) ## Other authors on Fresh water - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-antoine-de-saint-exup-ry-174.jpg) Antoine de Saint-Exupery 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fresh-water/antoine-de-saint-exup-ry/) ## More by Jeremy Wade > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/normally-you-want-the-river-when-the-water-is-low-and-not-when-it-s/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [The way that we live with potentially dangerous animals is not to kill them, but to understand them and to coexist with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/the-way-that-we-live-with-potentially-dangerous-animals-is-not-to/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/i-grew-up-in-a-little-village-in-england-that-had-a-river-running/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [I actually found contracting malaria in the Congo fascinating. Observing your body under attack from this microorganism and seeing how it responds is simultaneously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/i-actually-found-contracting-malaria-in-the-congo-fascinating/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [Sea water is clear and you can put the camera in sea water and you can see stuff, whereas freshwater is often zero visibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/sea-water-is-clear-and-you-can-put-the-camera-in-sea-water-and-you/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [I've never caught muskie. That would be quite special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/i-ve-never-caught-muskie-that-would-be-quite-special/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [Florida's nice and warm, there's all sorts of stuff living there that shouldn't be there!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/florida-s-nice-and-warm-there-s-all-sorts-of-stuff-living-there-that/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [I have caught some big eels in New Zealand, where the climate is very similar to Scotland. But they grow to around five feet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/i-have-caught-some-big-eels-in-new-zealand-where-the-climate-is-very/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [The most fascinating and satisfying encounter so far was the goliath tigerfish of the Congo. I first caught one in 1991, and then again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/the-most-fascinating-and-satisfying-encounter-so-far-was-the-goliath/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [We all need a bit of mystery in our lives, and rivers offer plenty of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/we-all-need-a-bit-of-mystery-in-our-lives-and-rivers-offer-plenty-of/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [Normally if you are in a boat, you can follow a fish around, but if you are on the shore, you have to pull…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/normally-if-you-are-in-a-boat-you-can-follow-a-fish-around-but-if-you/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [The worst thing that happened when filming 'River Monsters' was the time when our sound recordist was hit by lightning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/the-worst-thing-that-happened-when-filming-river-monsters-was-the/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [I made a series set in India that was more of a conventional fishing show. The fish were very uncooperative, so we were casting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/i-made-a-series-set-in-india-that-was-more-of-a-conventional-fishing/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [The great thing about freshwater fish is most of them are incredibly ugly, a lot of them are, so no one can fail to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/the-great-thing-about-freshwater-fish-is-most-of-them-are-incredibly/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) > [With 'River Monsters', I am the investigator: here's the crime scene, I talk to witnesses, I establish a suspects list, I narrow it down;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-wade/with-river-monsters-i-am-the-investigator-here-s-the-crime-scene-i/) [Jeremy Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-wade/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fresh-water/jeremy-wade/#itemlist", "name": "4 Fresh water Quotes By Jeremy Wade", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water. 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