Jeremy Wade quotes - page 2

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 the water goes up to 15 meters high. This floods the forest, so a lot of the fish that normally stay close together are suddenly very hard to find. (Jeremy Wade)
I think fish do have personalities. Fish have very small brains so there's not much going on in there. But different types of fish have different personalities. View quote
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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 age, maybe seven or eight. View quote
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The thing is, if you always catch fish then you lose interest because any achievement is related to facing difficulty; having to work hard for it. View quote
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Being in front of a class full of kids, you are giving a performance. You have to get their attention. You've got to awaken their curiosity. You become a bit of an entertainer. View quote
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One place that I have very strong memories of is the Congo. That's somewhere I've been to four times. It's not a place where normally outsiders go, which is what makes it very special. View quote
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The other thing is, visibility is often not very good in fresh water. So if a fish bites something, a part of the body, it doesn't actually always realize that it's part of a body. It just sees something sort of waving around in front of it. View quote
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My background is very much tropical rainforests. We did a lot in the earlier series in places like the Amazon and the Congo. Almost as an antidote to that, I quite like more open, mountainous regions. View quote
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I don't see myself as a particularly expert angler. View quote
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The worst thing that happened when filming 'River Monsters' was the time when our sound recordist was hit by lightning. View quote
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I was on the Mekong River between the border of Thailand and Laos. I was there to find the elusive Mekong giant catfish but the border police were suspicious. Along with my film, they confiscated my passport and started making accusations about my political allegiances. (Jeremy Wade)
I've had some hands on experience with some very big bull sharks. One false move you could be minus a few fingers or worse. You've got to respect them because it's more about what they are capable of. View quote
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The 'River Monsters' episodes acted a bit like a whodunit - there was a crime scene, maybe someone had been pulled under, and we had to find out what happened. View quote
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When the fish relaxes, that's when I bring the rod down and reel in. But you don't rush it. If it runs, you let it run. View quote
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Most sharks can't tolerate freshwater but bull sharks have a quirk of their physiology that enables them to. View quote
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Once I started catching fish I was very curious to see what other fish there are. This happens to most people who fish - they want to catch bigger fish. View quote
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With 'River Monsters,' it sometimes didn't matter if the story was made up or exaggerated. View quote
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The first time you catch a fish, it's amazing. You make contact with this whole other world that exists, hidden, under the water. View quote
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I gave up fishing in England. It got too crowded. View quote
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We all need a bit of mystery in our lives, and rivers offer plenty of that. View quote
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The stream at the end of your street can be a place where you make contact with this whole other amazing world hidden right there beneath the surface. Fishing can be the passport to that world. (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 fascinating and awful but maybe that's just because I'm a former biology teacher. View quote
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I think it's true to say that everybody has a fascination with predators. It's something that's hardwired into us. View quote
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We are descended from people who paid attention to dangerous things in the environment. People who didn't pay attention to dangerous things in the environment didn't get to survive and to breed. View quote
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Sea water is clear and you can put the camera in sea water and you can see stuff, whereas freshwater is often zero visibility. View quote
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