We all need a bit of mystery in our lives, and rivers offer plenty of that. — Jeremy Wade Mystery Copy Share Image
I like taking people to a world they wouldn't normally go to and to creatures that a lot of people didn't know… — Jeremy Wade Animals Copy Share Image
I try to sneak a bit of education into the entertainment. We don't preach to people, but we do try to give… — Jeremy Wade Education Copy Share Image
My background is getting into the kinds of places where outsiders don't normally go, with enough energy left to put a line… — Jeremy Wade Energy Copy Share Image
Florida's nice and warm, there's all sorts of stuff living there that shouldn't be there! — Jeremy Wade Florida Copy Share Image
The great thing about freshwater fish is most of them are incredibly ugly, a lot of them are, so no one can… — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
So even if there was a mutation in Loch Ness I still don't think you're going to see a 30ft eel. — Jeremy Wade Even 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 Early 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 Around Copy Share Image
A fish with a big mouth, like a catfish, they've been known to bite people's legs. Normally not because they're hungry, but… — Jeremy Wade Big Copy Share Image
With 'River Monsters', I am the investigator: here's the crime scene, I talk to witnesses, I establish a suspects list, I narrow… — Jeremy Wade Come Copy Share Image
It's a bit like some martial arts: if you're behind somebody there's not much they can do, if you're in a certain… — Jeremy Wade Art Copy Share Image
Being in front of a class full of kids, you are giving a performance. You have to get their attention. You've got… — Jeremy Wade Attention 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… — Jeremy Wade Again Copy Share Image
Being out on the water, you're very exposed. In the Amazon, one cause of death that's not uncommon is getting caught out… — Jeremy Wade Death 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… — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
I have caught eels from Loch Ness, as we did a River Monsters episode which started off there. They weren't very big… — Jeremy Wade Big 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 Fish 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 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 have caught some big eels in New Zealand, where the climate is very similar to Scotland. But they grow to around… — Jeremy Wade Eels 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 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
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 Deep 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
It's always the crocodile you don't see you have to worry about. — Jeremy Wade About Copy Share Image
Everything starts with fishermen's tales. Everywhere you go the fishermen talk. — Jeremy Wade Everything Copy Share Image
“Because, despite our differences, we shared one fundamental belief: that there is more to this world than what’s visible on the surface.” — Jeremy Wade Despite Differences Copy Share Image
The thing is, if you always catch fish then you lose interest because any achievement is related to facing difficulty; having to… — Jeremy Wade Achievement Copy Share Image
Most sharks can't tolerate freshwater but bull sharks have a quirk of their physiology that enables them to. — Jeremy Wade Bull Copy Share Image
The first time you catch a fish, it's amazing. You make contact with this whole other world that exists, hidden, under the… — Jeremy Wade Amazing Copy Share Image
A lot of fish that live in the sea, they are your normal, nice, pretty, silvery, shiny fish. — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
The human mind doesn't like a vacuum. We will populate that vacuum with the contents of our own head, and often that's… — Jeremy Wade Happiness Copy Share Image
With rivers, you don't have a lot of room to work, and with the bigger fish that I'm catching, you might have… — Jeremy Wade Feet Copy Share Image
Fish don't have hands; to investigate, they open their mouth, and sometimes it's someone's foot. — Jeremy Wade Fish Copy Share Image
