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
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 Catch Copy Share Image
Fishing as a spectator sport in real time is the most boring thing you can imagine. — Jeremy Wade Boring Copy Share Image
I've been stabbed by a catfish. They've got quite sharp spines on their pectoral fins. — Jeremy Wade Been 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 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
I have feared for my life on fishing trips - I was once in a plane crash in the Amazon, for example,… — Jeremy Wade Boat 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 Deep 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 Big 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
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
Even without the creatures living in it, water is dangerous. We have an ambivalent relationship with water. It's the source of life,… — Jeremy Wade Death 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 Casting 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 Appearance 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
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'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 Bad 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 Early 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
A river without monsters is a scarier prospect because it means the water is unhealthy. — Jeremy Wade Because 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 'River Monsters' episodes acted a bit like a whodunit - there was a crime scene, maybe someone had been pulled under,… — Jeremy Wade Detective 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
Fishermen can be very superstitious and sometimes you do find yourself thinking, this fish has got a curse on it, it's just… — Jeremy Wade Curse 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
With 'River Monsters,' it sometimes didn't matter if the story was made up or exaggerated. — Jeremy Wade Monsters Copy Share Image
I think it's true to say that everybody has a fascination with predators. It's something that's hardwired into us. — Jeremy Wade Fascination 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 Background 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
