There's less mystery in the sea than there is in fresh water. If you look at television there's lots of documentaries on whales, on coral reefs, the deep oceanic trenches. There's loads of stuff. But as soon as you look… — 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