Fans of the River Monsters

If you record the River Monster series on your DVR or stay up late night watching reruns then this group is for you.

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  • Allen Morgan

    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.

  • John Sheehan

    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 .

  • John Sheehan

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

  • Leo Nguyen

    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...

  • John Sheehan

    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!

     

  • Leo Nguyen

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

  • John Sheehan

    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 .

     

  • Allen Morgan

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

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

  • Leo Nguyen

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

  • Allen Morgan

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

  • Angelo C Mastrando Jr.

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

  • Greg Wade

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

  • NJAngler

    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.

  • John Sheehan

    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.

  • NJAngler

    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.

  • NJAngler

    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.

  • Badgerloader

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

  • John Sheehan

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

  • Allen Morgan

    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?

  • John Sheehan

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

  • mike martinez

    FISH ON!!!!

  • NJAngler

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

  • John Sheehan

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

  • chris kowaleski

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

  • John Sheehan

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

  • Jeffrey D. Abney

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

  • Allen Morgan

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

  • John Sheehan

  • Jeffrey D. Abney

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

  • David, aka, "McScruff"

    Looking forward
  • NJAngler

    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!

  • David, aka, "McScruff"

    I didn't see it, John. But what would TV be without manufactured drama?
    Can't you just see it: "I traveled to an out of the way place, which most of you will never see, let alone pronounce properly.
    While there, I saw local stuff, talked to townspeople and told you about fish and other stuff. Then I went out and caught some fish. There you go."
    See without melodrama, fishing is, well not really good TV. LOL
  • John Sheehan

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

  • Tony Livingston

    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!!

  • NJAngler

    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.

  • David, aka, "McScruff"

    I'm with Mr. Wade on this. :-P
  • NJAngler

    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.

  • mike martinez

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

  • Angelo C Mastrando Jr.

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

  • John Sheehan

    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...

  • John Sheehan

    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...

  • David, aka, "McScruff"

    Interesting, they sell those long whiskered cats for aquariums!
    I read the Mekong giant is dwindling, thanks to all the usual reasons.
    It is truly a beautiful beast.
  • John Sheehan

    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...

  • John Sheehan

    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...

  • David, aka, "McScruff"

    One of my favorite RM episodes, john. Arapaima are one of my out-of-country "bucket list" species.
  • John Sheehan

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

  • John Sheehan

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

  • David, aka, "McScruff"

    You're kidding right? Those are betting odds, buddy! I wouldn't know a quahog from a stickleback...
  • John Sheehan

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

  • Allen Morgan

    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.