He's basically just using a baitcaster reel with a bait clicker.  However, everything is extreme saltwater grade, and extra-heavy-duty.  Not really any different than chasing Flathead catfish, except everything is much, much stronger.

Yea,Jeremy Wade is always making his own leader rigs at waterside .He uses big Circle hooks! Seldom throws lures ,usually cut or live Bait .

The Mekong Giant Catfish!!! Caught on a single piece of corn. http://animal.discovery.com/videos/river-monsters-mekong-giant-catf...

Have anyone been watching the recent episode? I missed out on the last 2 due to out-of-town activities. Didn't have DVR to record it..bahhh...

Check out that link I put up below Leo  .I saw the entire episode last night and that link is the short of the best part!

Thanks John. Looks like I have to download the aired episode through Torrent or YouTube.

Enjoy the link , I did .That Mekong is  a cool looking Catfish and unbelievable it can go 600 lbs.That's outrageous! I would've thought it grapped a huge cut bait .

I heard an announcement of the season finale coming up soon?

What the Frak?!?!?!?!?!  This season just started!  What, we only get 8 episodes?

Wait..wait..we're at the 8th episode already? Waaahhh?!

Well, now that I think about it, 8 international fishing trips a year in search of a mega-fish is probably pushing it.

Just watched the new episode, Global warming is a killer! 

Just for the record.....Jeremy and I are not related.  Don't laugh, I've been asked before.

The only bad thing about this show is that it has to take forever to produce just one episode, therefore the season isn't going to be that long. Think about it; just for one episode Jeremy has to travel halfway around the world, spend weeks fishing at a location, then all the footage has to be watched, edited, polished, and produced. Gotta be a ton of work.

I prefer quality episodes as opposed to Quantity  of less interesting shows.Seems to me there might be a bit of psuedo drama going on .I still like the show a lot but I'm wondering if there has been a bit of a Lull in the Quality.Hope it picks up.

Btw, I keep seeing a teaser for the show "Mermaids" in the same commercial about the River Monsters season finale. It's actually a show about the search for real mermaids. Frankly, I think it's embarrassing that R.M. and that show are mentioned in the same promo. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that they DON'T find a real mermaid.

I think that the show is unfortunately in its twilight. There's really no new speices of freshwater river monsters that Jeremy can catch so drama needs to be injected into the show to keep it interesting. The one thing I don't like is that there seems to be less and less emphasis on actual angling. I still love the show, but I feel like it's reaching at times with the storylines.

The photo of Jeremy at the start shows him holding what appears to be what I use for crappie bait.

NJangler -Just about the only fresh water fish  left for Jeremy is a Frankenfish Salmon.

Has Jeremy Wade done an episode on the Mekong Catfish?  Those get HUGE, 600 lbs +  Don't know if they attack humans or not.  Has he already done an episode on the Tiamen, that HUGE trout in Mongolia?

I believe he has done shows on both the Tiamen and the Mekong yes.

FISH ON!!!!

New season April 7th. Hope they found a way to keep the show fresh!

The recent  commercials are getting a bit too pretentious but I'm not blaming Jeremy for that .I hope for some good shows too!

The new season starts on my birthday haha. But I don't have cable so i don't know how i'll watch it :(

I'm watching reruns on Netflix ,have you done that Chris?

Welcome Chris....thanks for the update NJAngler.......

Yes, I've been seeing the adverts for the new season coming up.  I can't wait.

How cool is this?

http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/river-monsters/videos/fishing-...

That was pretty cool John........

What did everybody think last night? I thought it was a pretty decent season premiere; still don't like the manufactured drama though. The whole "Maybe the guy was murdered and thrown in the river" thing was a bit much. Also, in the commercial at the beginning of the show he say that he'll keep going as long as there are more river monsters to catch. The problem is, he HAS caught all of them already!

It was a long weekend and I tried to stay awake but missed it all but a little at the beginning .

Personally, I like the fact that there is a fishing show out there that goes after something other than LMB, Northern Pike, or Walleye...... yeah, I may never fish for the exotic species that Jeremy Wade does, but I do enjoy watching him catch them.

Any show that pursues freshwater fish......usually large freshwater fish......is OK in my book.

Go get 'em, Jeremy!!

I see your point, but it just seems they're reaching a little too much with storylines. I'll still be watching it every Sunday night regardless, though.

I know it's been a few days, but I thought the last episode was great. Never expected to see a tarpon on the show.

Was nice seeing him fight that tarpon on a fly rod:)

I think that was the best episode they did, Tarpon on the Fly! 

Outrageous are  the Asian and Amazonian Red Tail Catfish with their super long whiskers:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemibagrus_wyckioides https://www.google.com/search?q=red+tail+catfish+feeding&tbm=is...

I am fascinated by the Mekong Giant Catfish .It has near total lack of  barbels !! I still cant see the barbels on pictures I've looked at . http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/profiles/fish_marine/g...

I agree David ,a very interesting fish ! How strange ,they get huge but have no teeth to speak of ,and yet they are in the shark catfish family ! Becoming extremely rare in it's normal waters of Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Check out this video where Jeremy Wade catches this huge fish on a "single grain of maize" ! Weirdness!! http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/river-monsters/videos/mekong-g...

Saw this Arapaima episode again last night . Jeremy had to really work for this one ! Portaging along a river in Guyana with two native guised .Catching and eating Pachus while camping in remote areas. There is no question that Jeremy knows how to set a sharp hook and land the feistiest of fish . Here's a clip: http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/river-monsters/videos/bringing...

I hear you David! They apparently are amazing fighters and get huge!

I got a lousy 75% on the fish ID quiz. I'm ashamed 22 out of 29 id'd correctly .

LOL What's a quahog ? ,what's a stickleback!?

Quahogs are a rather tasty type of clam, native to New England, I believe.  Not totally sure what a "Stickleback" is, but I'm willing to bet 5 cents that it's some of bivalve, either freshwater or saltwater.