1 00:00:01,769 --> 00:00:05,771 Narrator: LEGENDS SAY IT COULD SWALLOW A MAN. 2 00:00:05,773 --> 00:00:09,341 TIPPING THE SCALES AT 440LBS... 3 00:00:09,410 --> 00:00:12,611 IT'S THE LARGEST FRESHWATER FISH IN AFRICA ... 4 00:00:12,613 --> 00:00:16,215 WITH AN APPETITE TO MATCH. 5 00:00:16,283 --> 00:00:18,851 THE NOTORIOUS NILE PERCH. 6 00:00:20,488 --> 00:00:23,088 NATURALIST AND EXTREME ANGLER, ANDY COETZEE, 7 00:00:23,157 --> 00:00:25,457 KNOWS THAT NOT ALL FISH STORIES ARE FAKE. 8 00:00:25,459 --> 00:00:27,893 Andy: AIBO! HOW CRAZY IS THIS PLACE? 9 00:00:27,895 --> 00:00:29,061 Narrator: HE'S TRACKED DOWN SOME OF 10 00:00:29,129 --> 00:00:30,495 THE BIGGEST FISH ON THE PLANET 11 00:00:30,498 --> 00:00:31,864 Andy: THIS IS WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE - 12 00:00:31,932 --> 00:00:35,501 THIS KIND OF FISHING... AI! 13 00:00:36,504 --> 00:00:39,638 Narrator: NOW HE'S HEARD OF A 'HOTSPOT' LOADED 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,673 WITH MONSTER NILE PERCH... 15 00:00:41,675 --> 00:00:43,976 IT'S WILD AND REMOTE, 16 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:47,813 BUT DOES IT REALLY HAVE THE GIANTS HE'S FISHING FOR? 17 00:00:47,881 --> 00:00:51,350 Andy: HAHAHA... LET'S GO. MY HEART'S RACING ALREADY. 18 00:00:52,453 --> 00:00:59,658 ♪ 19 00:01:05,532 --> 00:01:08,366 Narrator: SOUTH AFRICAN FISHERMAN, ANDY COETZEE, 20 00:01:08,435 --> 00:01:12,037 HEADS TO CENTRAL AFRICA IN SEARCH OF A GIANT. 21 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:17,075 HE'S HEARD STORIES OF NILE PERCH AS HEAVY AS SUMO WRESTLERS - 22 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:20,079 AND HE'S DETERMINED TO SEE ONE IN THE FLESH. 23 00:01:20,147 --> 00:01:22,014 Andy: THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR ME TO HOOK A FISH 24 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:24,082 THAT IS TWICE MY WEIGHT - 25 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:27,352 POTENTIALLY CAN SWALLOW ME. THEY GET THAT BIG - 26 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:29,421 Narrator: BUT TO FIND ONE, 27 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:32,024 HE'S GOING TO ONE OF THE MOST TREACHEROUS FISHING SPOTS 28 00:01:32,092 --> 00:01:34,126 ON THE PLANET. 29 00:01:36,831 --> 00:01:38,597 THE NILE 30 00:01:40,234 --> 00:01:42,167 A RIVER OF GIANTS... 31 00:01:42,236 --> 00:01:46,438 AND STILL ONE OF THE WILDEST PLACES ON EARTH... 32 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,609 WHERE YOU COULD JUST AS EASILY BECOME DINNER AS CATCH IT! 33 00:01:52,913 --> 00:01:56,314 ANDY'S QUEST TAKES HIM TO UGANDA, 34 00:01:56,317 --> 00:01:59,751 DEEP INTO THE HEART OF AFRICA'S RIFT VALLEY... 35 00:01:59,819 --> 00:02:03,856 HE'LL FOLLOW THE RIVER AS FAR AS MURCHISON FALLS... 36 00:02:03,924 --> 00:02:08,227 HERE, 150-FOOT CLIFFS CREATE A NATURAL BARRIER... 37 00:02:09,095 --> 00:02:12,364 THE BORDER OF THE NILE PERCH'S TERRITORY. 38 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:18,136 THIS... IS THE ANCIENT WILDERNESS 39 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:19,804 THE EUROPEAN EXPLORERS CALLED 40 00:02:19,807 --> 00:02:22,307 "DARKEST AFRICA" 41 00:02:24,844 --> 00:02:26,678 A PLACE WHERE STORIES OF MASSIVE, 42 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,315 FEROCIOUS BEASTS... BECAME LEGENDS. 43 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:40,425 IT IS ALSO AN OASIS... WHERE THE RIVER'S GENEROUS WATERS 44 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:42,828 SUPPORT AN ABUNDANCE OF LIFE. 45 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:50,235 SOME OF THESE SPECIES HAVE LIVED HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS - 46 00:02:50,304 --> 00:02:54,205 AND HAVE EVOLVED TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR HOME. 47 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:59,044 FEARSOME JAWS SEEM TO BE A PARTICULAR SPECIALTY. 48 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:01,513 SADDLEBILLED STORKS USE ELONGATED PINCERS 49 00:03:01,582 --> 00:03:04,182 TO PRISE FISH FROM THE MARSH... 50 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:11,056 RARE SHOE-BILLS HAVE BEAKS THAT ACT AS FISH TRAPS... 51 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:14,159 AND GIVE THEM AN ALMOST MENACING SMIRK. 52 00:03:17,497 --> 00:03:21,600 ...BUT ARGUABLY THE MOST NOTORIOUS OF ALL... 53 00:03:21,668 --> 00:03:24,369 IS THE RAVENOUS FISH ANDY HAS COME TO FIND. 54 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:29,474 Andy: NILE PERCH ARE JUST EATING MACHINES - 55 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:31,810 THEY JUST EAT EVERYTHING THAT COMES ACROSS THEIR PATH. 56 00:03:31,812 --> 00:03:34,413 THEY'VE GOT HUGE, BIG MOUTHS AND THEY JUST SWALLOW AND ENGULF 57 00:03:34,481 --> 00:03:37,416 EVERYTHING THAT COMES ALONG. 58 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:44,189 Narrator: THE PERCH IS A CUSTOM-BUILT, AMBUSH PREDATOR... 59 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:49,695 AS ITS HUGE JAWS EXPAND OUTWARDS, 60 00:03:49,763 --> 00:03:52,130 POWERFUL MUSCLES CONTRACT 61 00:03:52,198 --> 00:03:54,299 ... CREATING A VACUUM THAT SUCKS THE PREY 62 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:57,069 INTO ITS CAVERNOUS MOUTH. 63 00:03:58,872 --> 00:04:02,441 FISHERMEN CALL IT... 'THE SWALLOWER!' 64 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:08,580 SMALLER PERCH ARE COMMON UP AND DOWN THE NILE, 65 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:13,752 BUT THE REAL MONSTERS GROW HUGE IN THE MOST REMOTE PLACES. 66 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:16,888 ANDY'S DONE HIS HOMEWORK - 67 00:04:17,357 --> 00:04:18,857 BUT THERE'S NO GUIDEBOOK FOR CATCHING 68 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:21,826 A FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY POUND FISH. 69 00:04:21,829 --> 00:04:24,863 Andy: I'M SO EXCITED...THIS IS GOING TO BE MY FIRST DAY FISHING 70 00:04:24,865 --> 00:04:31,503 AND IT'S SO WONDERFUL DISCOVERING NEW WATER. 71 00:04:31,571 --> 00:04:34,072 GETTING INTO THAT FISH'S HEAD, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, 72 00:04:34,141 --> 00:04:35,807 'OKAY, WHERE'S IT GOING TO BE HANGING OUT? 73 00:04:35,809 --> 00:04:38,209 WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE DOING? HOW'S IT GOING TO BE FEEDING?' 74 00:04:38,212 --> 00:04:41,646 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN READ SO MUCH, YOU CAN TALK TO SO MANY PEOPLE, 75 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,882 BUT YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND DO IT YOURSELF 76 00:04:43,950 --> 00:04:47,653 AND GET INTO THAT FISH'S BRAIN. 77 00:05:00,167 --> 00:05:02,434 Narrator: ANDY STARTS IN THE PROTECTED WATERS 78 00:05:02,436 --> 00:05:04,803 OF MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK. 79 00:05:06,272 --> 00:05:09,574 LOCAL GUIDE GODWIN JUKECHA HAS FISHED THIS RIVER 80 00:05:09,576 --> 00:05:11,977 HIS ENTIRE LIFE. 81 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:14,112 HE KNOWS IT BETTER THAN ANYONE. 82 00:05:14,181 --> 00:05:16,247 Godwin: THERE'S SOME GOOD POOLS THIS SIDE EH. 83 00:05:16,250 --> 00:05:19,150 Andy: LET'S GO THERE THEN...LET'S GO THERE. 84 00:05:19,219 --> 00:05:22,187 Narrator: THEY'RE HEADING UPSTREAM TO A DEEP POOL... 85 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:27,325 IT'S EARLY MORNING, 7 AM, 86 00:05:27,394 --> 00:05:31,797 THE TIME WHEN THESE HUNGRY AMBUSH PREDATORS LIKE TO HUNT. 87 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:39,270 Andy: MY FIRST MORNING ON THE NILE RIVER... 88 00:05:39,273 --> 00:05:41,673 VERY PLACID HERE... 89 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:44,776 BUT WHAT LURKS BELOW? 90 00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:55,654 Narrator: ANDY CASTS A LARGE LURE ... BIG FISH LIKE BIG BAIT. 91 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:57,322 Andy: HMM... WHOLE BUNCH OF REED CORMORANTS FLYING PAST HERE - 92 00:05:57,324 --> 00:06:01,760 THAT'S ENCOURAGING! CORMORANTS EAT FISH, 93 00:06:01,762 --> 00:06:03,161 WHERE THERE'S CORMORANTS THERE'S FISH, 94 00:06:03,230 --> 00:06:05,530 WHERE THERE'S FISH THERE'S BIG FISH. 95 00:06:06,833 --> 00:06:12,671 Narrator: BUT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST 'BIG FISH' TERRITORY... 96 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,609 HIPPOS ARE NOTORIOUSLY AGGRESSIVE AND TERRITORIAL - 97 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:22,314 AND WHERE HIPPOS AND HUMANS SHARE RESOURCES, 98 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:25,350 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE KILLED EACH YEAR. 99 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:31,590 ANDY'S TRESPASSING... 100 00:06:37,330 --> 00:06:40,265 Andy: IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOT SOME WOUNDS OR SOMETHING 101 00:06:40,333 --> 00:06:42,233 ON THE SIDE THERE... 102 00:06:42,236 --> 00:06:43,234 I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S GONNA GO, 103 00:06:43,237 --> 00:06:45,236 I HOPE HE DOESN'T GET INTO MY LINE... 104 00:06:45,239 --> 00:06:49,207 Narrator: THE HIPPO'S SCARS ARE A REMINDER OF PAST TURF WARS - 105 00:06:49,276 --> 00:06:51,676 BATTLES ANDY DOESN'T WANT TO RECREATE. 106 00:06:51,678 --> 00:06:54,246 Andy: I'M GONNA GO LOOK FOR ANOTHER PLACE. 107 00:06:57,017 --> 00:06:59,784 Narrator: ALONG THE RIVERBANK THERE ARE DEEP OVERHANGS ... 108 00:06:59,853 --> 00:07:03,388 GOOD HIDING SPOTS FOR HUNGRY HUNTERS... 109 00:07:03,456 --> 00:07:07,525 Andy: THIS APPARENTLY IS A VERY, VERY GOOD HOLE FOR NILE PERCH 110 00:07:07,594 --> 00:07:10,628 SO I'M JUST SNEAKING UP HERE QUIETLY 111 00:07:10,631 --> 00:07:13,165 SO I CAN FISH ALONG THE EDGE. 112 00:07:13,233 --> 00:07:15,800 Narrator: BUT ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT ALONE... 113 00:07:15,869 --> 00:07:20,238 Andy: OOH! THERE'S A CROCODILE COMING STRAIGHT FOR US! 114 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:26,778 LOOK AT THAT! 115 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:31,183 LOOK AT THESE CROCS! 116 00:07:31,752 --> 00:07:34,019 Narrator: NILE CROCODILES ARE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE 117 00:07:34,087 --> 00:07:37,055 FRESHWATER PREDATORS ON THE PLANET... 118 00:07:37,057 --> 00:07:38,623 Andy: THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. THIS THING'S COMING STRAIGHT FOR ME! 119 00:07:38,691 --> 00:07:41,693 AIBO! AIBO! 120 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:46,998 Andy: HOW CRAZY IS THIS PLACE? THERE MUST BE FIVE OR 121 00:07:47,067 --> 00:07:51,069 SIX CROCS THERE. IMAGINE HOW MANY NILE PERCH ARE HERE 122 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:53,104 IF THERE ARE THAT MANY CROCS FEEDING HERE? 123 00:07:53,172 --> 00:07:56,208 IT'S A LITTLE TERRIFYING I MUST TELL YOU... 124 00:07:56,276 --> 00:07:57,742 I'M NOT SO SURE IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR ME TO WALK 125 00:07:57,811 --> 00:07:59,311 ALONG THE SIDE HERE. 126 00:08:04,885 --> 00:08:08,253 LET ME JUST CALM MY NERVES A LITTLE BIT. 127 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:16,962 Narrator: ANDY WOULD RATHER FISH FROM THE SHORE - 128 00:08:17,030 --> 00:08:22,133 CATCHING A 440-POUND FISH IN A 15-FOOT BOAT WON'T BE EASY... 129 00:08:22,201 --> 00:08:24,535 BUT CROCS LURKING IN THE UNDERGROWTH 130 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:27,438 COULD MAKE FOR AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE. 131 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:29,875 Andy: TOO MANY CROCS HERE. 132 00:08:36,516 --> 00:08:39,784 LET ME JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THROWS HERE 133 00:08:39,853 --> 00:08:43,288 Narrator: THE BOAT WILL HAVE TO DO. 134 00:08:44,257 --> 00:08:48,193 STILL, THE CROCS COULD BE A GOOD SIGN - 135 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:51,763 NILE CROCODILES EAT NILE PERCH... 136 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:57,502 ...AND YOUNG CROCS ARE PERFECT PERCH FOOD 137 00:09:01,008 --> 00:09:04,643 ... BUT NEITHER SEEMS INTERESTED IN ANDY'S LURE. 138 00:09:08,815 --> 00:09:11,816 EIGHT HOURS GO BY WITHOUT A SINGLE PULL... 139 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:16,588 EVEN GODWIN IS BEWILDERED. 140 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:26,064 Andy: THE NILE PERCH IS KNOWN AS THE WATER ELEPHANT. GIWAN RUWA - 141 00:09:26,132 --> 00:09:29,634 THAT FOR ME EPITOMIZES WHAT THE NILE PERCH IS LIKE. 142 00:09:29,636 --> 00:09:31,035 IT'S A WATER ELEPHANT. 143 00:09:31,038 --> 00:09:36,441 Andy: HOW AMAZING IS THIS? UNBELIEVABLE... 144 00:09:36,643 --> 00:09:39,177 Andy: ELEPHANTS DON'T RUN AROUND LIKE CHEETAHS. 145 00:09:39,245 --> 00:09:41,246 THEY LUMBER ALONG, IN THE BUSH, 146 00:09:41,314 --> 00:09:45,684 IN THE SLOW-MOVING AREAS. THAT'S WHAT THE NILE PERCH DO. 147 00:09:45,986 --> 00:09:47,252 Andy: I FEEL LIKE GOING AND SITTING IN THE WATER. 148 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,990 IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD DAY. WITHOUT A SINGLE PERCH. 149 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:55,760 MAYBE I SHOULD JOIN THAT ELEPHANT IN THE WATER. 150 00:09:57,464 --> 00:09:59,764 Narrator: IT'S BEEN A FRUSTRATING DAY... 151 00:09:59,832 --> 00:10:03,468 MAXIMUM RISK WITH MINIMUM REWARD. 152 00:10:04,137 --> 00:10:06,871 Andy: I'M COMPLETED FRAZZLED. I SPENT TWELVE HOURS IN THE SUN - 153 00:10:06,939 --> 00:10:11,209 FISHED FROM QUARTER TO SEVEN UNTIL QUARTER TO SEVEN TONIGHT 154 00:10:11,211 --> 00:10:20,285 AND NOT ONE PULL. I HAD VISIONS OF BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, 155 00:10:20,353 --> 00:10:22,821 REALLY PICK AND CHOOSE THE KIND OF FISH I WANTED TO CATCH. 156 00:10:22,889 --> 00:10:26,257 BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE. 157 00:10:26,325 --> 00:10:32,430 SO, EARLY TO BED AND THEN START AGAIN TOMORROW. 158 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:44,308 Narrator: TODAY ANDY GOES BACK TO BASICS - USING LIVE BAIT... 159 00:10:44,311 --> 00:10:47,112 AND HIS 'OLD -FAITHFUL' WOODEN REEL. 160 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:53,451 IT TAKES SKILL TO FISH WITH THIS SIMPLE 'SCARBOROUGH' - 161 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:58,623 THERE'S NO DRAG ...AND ONLY A LEATHER GLOVE TO ACT AS A BRAKE. 162 00:10:58,691 --> 00:11:01,626 IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE LANDING A GIANT PERCH ANY EASIER, 163 00:11:01,694 --> 00:11:06,431 BUT AFTER A DAY WITH NO BITES, MAYBE IT WILL CHANGE HIS LUCK. 164 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,000 Andy: WHENEVER YOU HOOK A FISH IT'S A BIT LIKE GAMBLING, 165 00:11:09,068 --> 00:11:11,536 YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW BIG THAT THING IS... 166 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:15,006 YOU SET THE HOOK, UNTIL YOU HAVE TO PULL AGAINST IT, 167 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:16,274 YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW BIG IT IS... 168 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:20,311 AND THAT'S THE EXCITING PART, IT'S... IT'S THE UNKNOWN. 169 00:11:20,913 --> 00:11:21,579 Andy: IT'S ROLLING... 170 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:32,290 Narrator: IT'S DAY TWO ON THE NILE 171 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:33,291 Andy: ... I'M ON... 172 00:11:33,293 --> 00:11:35,260 Narrator: ...AND ANDY HAS HIS FIRST BREAK! 173 00:11:35,328 --> 00:11:37,629 Andy: FIRST NILE PERCH... ON. 174 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,597 Andy: THERE IT'S JUMPING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER... 175 00:11:39,665 --> 00:11:43,201 NICE... 176 00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:48,806 THE TENDENCY OF NILE PERCH TO JUMP, THEY DON'T JUMP OFTEN. 177 00:11:48,809 --> 00:11:51,242 TWO OR THREE TIMES AND THEN THAT'S IT. 178 00:11:53,013 --> 00:11:55,213 IT'S ALWAYS NICE BECAUSE THEY GIVE YOU AN IDEA 179 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:58,283 OF HOW BIG THEY ARE. 180 00:11:59,152 --> 00:12:01,419 Andy: YOU CAN STILL SEE THE LIVE BAIT ATTACHED TO IT. 181 00:12:01,487 --> 00:12:04,222 WON'T YOU JUST GET ME A GLOVE THERE PLEASE GODDY? 182 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:17,502 COOL, THANK YOU... COME ON... JA JA BUCKET MOUTH... 183 00:12:17,904 --> 00:12:19,437 TRYING TO THROW THE HOOK ARE YOU? 184 00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:22,507 Narrator: IT'S A 30LB FISH. 185 00:12:22,775 --> 00:12:26,311 Andy: THE WATER ELEPHANT. A SMALL WATER ELEPHANT... 186 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:29,247 Narrator: A DECENT SPECIMEN... BUT NO MONSTER. 187 00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:36,121 Andy: LOOK AT THAT, NICE LOOKING FISH. LOOK AT THAT MOUTH. 188 00:12:36,189 --> 00:12:38,323 AND THAT THING JUST WILL JUST ENGULF LIVE BAIT PREY. 189 00:12:38,391 --> 00:12:40,024 STRAIGHT DOWN. 190 00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:44,329 IT'S PISCIVOROUS WHICH MEANS IT EATS FISH. 191 00:12:44,397 --> 00:12:46,164 AND THEN IN THE GULLET 192 00:12:46,232 --> 00:12:48,166 YOU'LL GET THE PHARYNGEAL TEETH WHICH THEN 193 00:12:48,234 --> 00:12:52,136 SCALE THE PREY BEFORE IT SWALLOWS IT. 194 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:58,409 WONDERFUL FISH - PROBABLY AROUND 12-15 KILOS. 195 00:12:59,746 --> 00:13:01,679 Andy: I KNOW SOMETIMES IT LOOKS QUITE DISTRESSING 196 00:13:01,681 --> 00:13:06,617 WHEN WE TAKE FISH OUT OF WATER BUT NILE PERCH ARE QUITE HARDY. 197 00:13:06,620 --> 00:13:08,486 SO I'M GOING TO BE TAKING THIS FISH OUT OF WATER 198 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:14,526 FOR MAYBE THIRTY SECONDS OR SO, WHILST I MEASURE AND TAG HER. 199 00:13:15,428 --> 00:13:18,162 I'M GOING TO PUT IT ONTO THE GUNNEL HERE, 200 00:13:18,165 --> 00:13:19,898 WHICH IS JUST GOING TO PROTECT HER. 201 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:26,804 Narrator: ANDY MEASURES THE FISH'S LENGTH AND GIRTH - 202 00:13:26,872 --> 00:13:30,775 IT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO ESTIMATE ITS WEIGHT. 203 00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:34,779 VERY LITTLE RESEARCH EXISTS ON THE NILE PERCH IN THESE WATERS. 204 00:13:34,781 --> 00:13:38,182 BY TAGGING IT, ANDY'S HOPING TO CONTRIBUTE TO A 205 00:13:38,185 --> 00:13:40,651 DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR RANGE... 206 00:13:40,654 --> 00:13:43,921 WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY HELP TO CONSERVE THEM. 207 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:45,523 Andy: HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE YELLOW TAG, 208 00:13:45,525 --> 00:13:50,128 STICKING OUT THE BACK END. I'M JUST GOING TO PUT HER IN, 209 00:13:50,196 --> 00:13:56,334 AND SOON AS IT FLAPS I'M GOING TO LET IT GO... THERE YOU GO... 210 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:07,946 I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE THAT BIG... 211 00:14:09,081 --> 00:14:14,319 THANK YOU GODDY... WE'RE GOING TO GO FIND ANOTHER PLACE NOW? 212 00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:18,189 Andy: OK... THE FEVER IS UPON ME. 213 00:14:18,257 --> 00:14:25,229 I NOW WANT TO CATCH PERCH ALL DAY... OK DOWN IT IS. 214 00:14:25,232 --> 00:14:28,099 Narrator: BIG NILE PERCH ARE TERRITORIAL... 215 00:14:28,167 --> 00:14:30,702 NOW THAT ANDY'S CAUGHT ONE FISH IN THAT SPOT, 216 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:33,304 IT'S UNLIKELY HE'LL GET ANOTHER... 217 00:14:35,108 --> 00:14:37,508 FORTUNATELY, THIS SECTION OF THE NILE STRETCHES OUT 218 00:14:37,577 --> 00:14:43,214 OVER 2000 MILES - HE WON'T RUN OUT OF CHANCES. 219 00:14:48,855 --> 00:14:52,924 Andy: IT JERKED THE BAIT... COME ON NOW... 220 00:14:52,992 --> 00:14:56,661 THERE WE GO, THERE WE GO, THERE WE GO... 221 00:14:57,797 --> 00:15:00,465 THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT, KEEP GOING. 222 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:03,267 Narrator: ANDY'S FOUND THE TRICK - 223 00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:06,004 THE PERCH CAN'T RESIST LIVE BAIT. 224 00:15:09,008 --> 00:15:13,544 Andy: THERE YOU GO... TIGHT... YES PLEASE... 225 00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:16,180 JUMPING RIGHT OUT THERE 226 00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:22,287 RIGHT NEAR THOSE HIPPO... YES! 227 00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:26,290 Narrator: IT'S A BIG FISH, BUT NOW IT'S ON THE LINE - 228 00:15:26,293 --> 00:15:28,493 IT'S BECOME BAIT ITSELF. 229 00:15:28,561 --> 00:15:31,395 Goddy: AH, THERE'S BIG CROC. 230 00:15:31,464 --> 00:15:33,564 Andy: AY, I'VE GOT A BIG CROC IN FRONT OF ME, HERE... 231 00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:36,400 Narrator: THE CROC'S HOMING IN ON THE STRUGGLING PERCH - 232 00:15:36,403 --> 00:15:38,903 ANDY NEEDS TO LAND IT ... OR LOSE IT. 233 00:15:38,971 --> 00:15:43,308 Andy: I THINK THE CROCS GONNA GRAB THIS FISH... JA... 234 00:15:48,348 --> 00:15:51,749 Andy: GODDY YOU MUST HELP ME WITH THIS HERE, PLEASE. 235 00:15:54,053 --> 00:15:55,119 Narrator: IT'S A HEAVY FISH, 236 00:15:55,188 --> 00:15:57,922 AND THE DEBRIS FROM THE RIVER IS ADDING TO THE DRAG. 237 00:15:57,990 --> 00:15:59,590 Andy: OK GODDY THAT SHOULD BE FINE... 238 00:15:59,592 --> 00:16:01,792 GO FORWARD WITH THE BOAT... 239 00:16:01,861 --> 00:16:08,399 GO... JA, OK STOP... CHAOS. 240 00:16:11,537 --> 00:16:14,339 MAN THAT WAS A MASSIVE CROC THERE JUMPING AGAIN. 241 00:16:15,875 --> 00:16:18,309 NOW WHERE'S THE CROCODILE... 242 00:16:18,378 --> 00:16:21,479 Narrator: ANDY NEEDS TO REEL THE FISH AWAY FROM THE CROC... 243 00:16:21,547 --> 00:16:22,814 BUT HE'S LOST SIGHT OF IT. 244 00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:30,722 Andy: OK STOP. 245 00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:35,426 Goddy: GET THE GLOVE ON. 246 00:16:37,097 --> 00:16:39,497 Andy: WHERE'S THAT CROCODILE? 247 00:16:49,074 --> 00:16:54,779 Narrator: THIS ONE IS MUCH BIGGER... AROUND 45 POUNDS. 248 00:16:57,116 --> 00:16:58,482 Andy: 123 AND 80. 249 00:16:58,485 --> 00:16:59,483 Goddy: JA. 250 00:16:59,486 --> 00:17:02,186 Andy: DON'T WORRY, I'M GONNA GET YOU BACK NOW 251 00:17:02,589 --> 00:17:03,988 Narrator: ANOTHER PERCH TAGGED 252 00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:07,925 Andy: OK, I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THIS CROC... 253 00:17:08,327 --> 00:17:09,794 GONNA GET AWAY FROM THIS CROCODILE. 254 00:17:11,798 --> 00:17:13,798 Narrator: A TIRED PERCH THAT'S BEEN FIGHTING A FISHERMAN 255 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,801 WOULD BE EASY PICKINGS FOR AN OPPORTUNISTIC CROC... 256 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:27,945 Andy: THERE YOU GO. I HOPE IT DOESN'T GET LOOSE, 257 00:17:28,014 --> 00:17:31,983 BUT THERE'S ITS LATERAL LINE. THERE, ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE. 258 00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:37,488 AND THAT IS WHAT IT WILL USE TO LOCATE ITS PREY BECAUSE OF 259 00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:42,360 THIS MURKY WATER, IT'S GOT LARGE EYES AND THIS LATERAL LINE 260 00:17:42,428 --> 00:17:45,095 THAT IT WILL HUNT WITH THROUGH THE VIBRATIONS, 261 00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:50,100 SET OFF BY THE PREY. A BEAUTIFUL FISH. 262 00:17:50,103 --> 00:17:52,736 Narrator: NILE PERCH USE THEIR LATERAL LINES 263 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:56,173 TO SENSE THEIR PREY'S VIBRATIONS IN THE WATER. 264 00:17:56,176 --> 00:17:59,777 TODAY, THAT'S BEEN ANDY'S LIVE BAIT. 265 00:18:05,051 --> 00:18:08,719 ANDY'S YET TO SEE ANY SIGN OF THE LEGENDARY MONSTERS 266 00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:10,121 THAT LURED HIM HERE... 267 00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:17,261 HE'S HOPING THE LOCALS CAN GIVE HIM SOME ADVICE 268 00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:21,466 WHERE DO THE BIG PERCH FEED AND WHAT DO THEY EAT? 269 00:18:27,140 --> 00:18:30,107 Andy: AND DO THE NILE PERCH EAT THESE FISH? 270 00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:32,777 Fisherman: VERY WELL, THIS IS FOOD FOR NILE PERCH. 271 00:18:34,547 --> 00:18:36,681 Andy: WHERE DO THEY GET THE NILE PERCH? 272 00:18:36,749 --> 00:18:39,517 Fisherman: NILE PERCH ARE CAUGHT USING THOSE BIG, BIG NETS. 273 00:18:39,585 --> 00:18:40,417 Andy: THEY DON'T GET THEM IN THIS? 274 00:18:40,420 --> 00:18:41,919 Fisherman: YAAA. 275 00:18:41,988 --> 00:18:44,421 Andy: I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE NILE PERCH WOULD EAT THIS... 276 00:18:44,424 --> 00:18:46,824 IT'S JUST LIKE A MARSHMALLOW FOR BREAKFAST. 277 00:18:46,892 --> 00:18:53,531 THERE'S A NILE PERCH HERE - A BABY WATER ELEPHANT. 278 00:18:54,033 --> 00:18:58,068 Andy: I DO NOTICE THAT THE MESH SIZE IS GOING DOWN AS WELL - 279 00:18:58,071 --> 00:18:59,570 WHICH IS VERY DISCOURAGING - 280 00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:01,706 BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION. 281 00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:03,908 WHAT TENDS TO HAPPEN IS THEY START WITH BIG MESH... 282 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:05,576 GETS SMALLER, SMALLER, SMALLER... 283 00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:08,746 EVENTUALLY YOU'RE CATCHING ALL THE IMMATURE FISH 284 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:11,015 AND NOTHING'S BREEDING. AND IT'S THE END OF THE LINE THEN. 285 00:19:11,083 --> 00:19:13,083 THAT'S IT - GAME OVER. 286 00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:14,552 Kifarou: SO THESE ARE THE FILLETS... 287 00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:16,587 Andy: OK, THESE ARE THE FILLETS... MORNING, MORNING, 288 00:19:16,589 --> 00:19:19,657 HOW ARE YOU GUYS? AH, YOU'RE CUTTING THEM THIN HEY? 289 00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:23,727 YOU'LL GET FOUR OF THESE THINGS FROM A 10KG FISH? 290 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:25,329 Kifarou: JA. 291 00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:33,671 Andy: JUST DRYING FILLETS OF NILE PERCH. 292 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:36,874 Narrator: NILE PERCH IS A DELICACY AND FETCHES TOP DOLLAR 293 00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:39,510 IN RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE GLOBE. 294 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:41,679 THE HIGH DEMAND FOR ITS PLUMP FLESH 295 00:19:41,747 --> 00:19:46,284 HAS SPAWNED A $650 MILLION INDUSTRY. 296 00:19:46,352 --> 00:19:48,052 THESE FILLETS WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE 297 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:50,187 THE FANCY KITCHENS OF EUROPE... 298 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:52,389 THEY'RE A VITAL FOOD SOURCE 299 00:19:52,392 --> 00:19:54,992 FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AFRICA. 300 00:19:54,994 --> 00:19:57,828 Andy: HMMM ... FASCINATING! 301 00:20:00,232 --> 00:20:01,899 Narrator: WHICHEVER WAY YOU SKIN IT... 302 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:05,936 NILE PERCH ARE A HOT COMMODITY. 303 00:20:06,005 --> 00:20:08,572 Andy: THE GENE POOL OF MATURE FISH IS HERE 304 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:15,046 IN MURCHISON RESERVE, OUTSIDE IT LOOKS BLEAK... UNFORTUNATELY. 305 00:20:15,448 --> 00:20:17,581 Narrator: IT MAY BE NOW OR NEVER... 306 00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:20,351 FOR ANDY TO FIND THE LEGEND. 307 00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:27,491 or: ANDY'S CHASING DOWN A LEGENDARY FISH ... 308 00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:31,162 A NILE PERCH THAT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS A BABY ELEPHANT. 309 00:20:32,632 --> 00:20:38,502 Andy: BIG NILE PERCH ROSE RIGHT HERE, NOT EVEN 5 METRES FROM ME. 310 00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:41,071 Narrator: HE'S USING A LIVE FISH AS BAIT... 311 00:20:41,140 --> 00:20:44,342 TO TRIGGER THE HUNTING RESPONSE OF A MONSTER FISH. 312 00:20:56,189 --> 00:21:01,292 BUT TODAY IT'S GODWIN WHO GETS THE FIRST BITE - 313 00:21:01,661 --> 00:21:03,894 MORE FRESH BAIT FOR ANDY. 314 00:21:04,797 --> 00:21:13,904 Andy: HEY I'M ON, I'M ON... THERE IT GOES... 315 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:20,945 PICKED THE BAIT UP... 316 00:21:22,981 --> 00:21:25,416 JUST LETTING IT TAKE THE BAIT - THERE YOU GO... 317 00:21:28,254 --> 00:21:30,821 WHEW MY HEART'S PUMPING RIGHT NOW... 318 00:21:32,424 --> 00:21:35,860 COME ON - DON'T DROP THE BAIT... 319 00:21:44,703 --> 00:21:49,273 EVEN THIS FAR INTO MY LIFE THERE IS A SHAKE - LOOK AT THAT ... 320 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:53,844 COME ON WHERE DID YOU GO? 321 00:21:56,983 --> 00:22:00,317 NOW IT'S GOING AGAIN, THERE WE GO, 322 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:03,888 THERE WE GO... THERE IT'S ROLLING NOW... 323 00:22:12,932 --> 00:22:14,932 YES PLEASE... 324 00:22:18,203 --> 00:22:21,706 AY! SOMETHING POPPED! 325 00:22:28,213 --> 00:22:34,418 MAN! WHAT HAPPENED NOW? IT WAS A NICE FISH ON THERE... 326 00:22:34,487 --> 00:22:43,294 WENT TIGHT AND POPPED... WHAT HAPPENED HERE? 327 00:22:45,597 --> 00:22:52,103 AY... MAN - HOW'S THAT POSSIBLE? 328 00:22:55,641 --> 00:22:58,809 Goddy: THAT WAS A GOOD FISH THAT... 329 00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:04,181 Narrator: NILE PERCH DON'T HAVE CUTTING TEETH ... 330 00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:08,319 IT MUST HAVE BEEN MASSIVE TO SNAP THE 80LB LINE. 331 00:23:14,527 --> 00:23:18,195 Andy: SO DISAPPOINTING - SIT FOR HOURS AND HOURS, 332 00:23:18,197 --> 00:23:23,467 AND THEN WHEN YOU DO GET A PULL AND YOU GO TIGHT ON THE FISH 333 00:23:24,337 --> 00:23:26,069 AND THEN THERE'S A TACKLE FAILURE, 334 00:23:26,072 --> 00:23:28,338 WELL YOU CAN ONLY BLAME YOURSELF 335 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:34,745 IT'S ABOUT BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO YOURSELF SO YEAH. 336 00:23:46,959 --> 00:23:48,058 Andy: IT WAS LIKE A NILE PERCH... 337 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:52,062 RRRR RRRRR BIG FISH THAT... 338 00:23:52,130 --> 00:23:57,768 [BLEEP]... THAT WAS THE ONE THAT JUMPED UP HERE. 339 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:02,673 Andy: I SUPPOSE FOR ALL THE BIG FISH 340 00:24:02,675 --> 00:24:06,577 AND ALL THE WONDERFUL FISH THAT ONE CATCHES IN YOUR LIFE 341 00:24:06,645 --> 00:24:08,979 YOU ALWAYS HAVE THOSE THAT GET AWAY, 342 00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:13,784 AND THAT'S THE BALANCING ACT - THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS - 343 00:24:13,853 --> 00:24:24,695 THE DISAPPOINTMENT AND THE ELATION... IS THAT WHY I DO IT? 344 00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:32,069 TO BE SUPER-ELATED AND THEN SUPER DISAPPOINTED? MAYBE... 345 00:24:38,544 --> 00:24:43,513 Narrator: FED UP WITH FAILURE, ANDY CHANGES TACK... 346 00:24:43,582 --> 00:24:46,851 AND HEADS DIRECTLY TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN. 347 00:24:51,924 --> 00:24:55,025 THE NOTORIOUS 'MURCHISON FALLS' 348 00:24:56,228 --> 00:25:00,564 ONE OF THE MOST TREACHEROUS FISHING SPOTS ON THE PLANET ... 349 00:25:00,632 --> 00:25:05,169 ONLY THE TOUGHEST FISH CAN SURVIVE THESE WATERS. 350 00:25:09,441 --> 00:25:12,643 THE BASE OF THESE ANCIENT CLIFFS IS THE FURTHEST REACH 351 00:25:12,645 --> 00:25:19,116 OF THE NILE PERCH'S DOMAIN - IT'S THE NATURAL BARRIER 352 00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:21,719 THAT KEEPS THIS MONSTER FISH CONTAINED. 353 00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:29,793 THE MIGHTY NILE FORCES ITS WAY THROUGH A CREVICE 354 00:25:29,795 --> 00:25:35,198 ONLY 23-FEET WIDE... BEFORE TUMBLING 140-FEET... 355 00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:37,201 INTO THE CAULDRON BELOW. 356 00:25:40,439 --> 00:25:42,806 MORE THAN 80,000 GALLONS OF WATER... 357 00:25:42,808 --> 00:25:44,808 RACE OVER THE FALLS EACH SECOND... 358 00:25:54,954 --> 00:25:58,756 IT'S ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SURGES OF WATER ON EARTH. 359 00:26:05,364 --> 00:26:08,065 THIS IS BIG FISH TERRITORY! 360 00:26:09,368 --> 00:26:11,902 THE PERFECT HABITAT FOR AN AMBUSH PREDATOR... 361 00:26:14,974 --> 00:26:17,641 THIS IS NO PLACE FOR HIS SCARBOROUGH - 362 00:26:18,778 --> 00:26:20,777 IT WILL TAKE HIS STRONGEST REEL 363 00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:23,580 TO FIGHT THE DRAG IN THIS RAGING TORRENT. 364 00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:27,918 Andy: I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW WILD THIS WATER IS... 365 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:32,389 IT'S JUST A MOUNTAIN OF WATER UP THERE, LITERALLY 50M FROM ME. 366 00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:36,994 THIS IS WILD STUFF... WHOO! 367 00:26:38,464 --> 00:26:41,465 Andy: THERE'S GOT TO BE MONSTROUS NILE PERCH IN HERE. 368 00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:44,067 I DON'T KNOW HOW DEEP THIS IS BUT THERE IS TURBULENT WATER 369 00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:45,235 ALL OVER THE PLACE. 370 00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:50,574 Andy: I'M SO EXCITED, I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER, WATCH THIS ONE, 371 00:26:50,642 --> 00:26:58,015 WATCH ONE ... FIRST CAST! I WONDER WHAT LURKS DOWN HERE. 372 00:26:59,752 --> 00:27:01,018 Narrator: IT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS WATER 373 00:27:01,086 --> 00:27:02,987 THAT ANDY'S EVER TACKLED, 374 00:27:04,557 --> 00:27:08,292 BUT FOR NOW, THE NOVELTY OUTWEIGHS THE RISK. 375 00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:11,695 Andy: A LITTLE BIT SCARY I CAN TELL YOU. 376 00:27:11,697 --> 00:27:14,465 I WOULDN'T LIKE TO CAPSIZE OVER HERE. 377 00:27:14,967 --> 00:27:17,701 Narrator: THE SMALL BOAT IS FIGHTING A MASSIVE SURGE - 378 00:27:17,703 --> 00:27:21,005 AND THAT'S WITHOUT A 440-POUND FISH ON THE LINE... 379 00:27:21,607 --> 00:27:22,706 IF THEY GO OVER, 380 00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:25,442 THEY'LL BE AT THE MERCY OF DEADLY WHIRLPOOLS... 381 00:27:25,511 --> 00:27:27,478 AND HUNGRY CROCS! 382 00:27:37,390 --> 00:27:40,858 Andy: THIS IS WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE... THIS KIND OF FISHING. 383 00:27:42,595 --> 00:27:44,862 Narrator: WHILE ANDY FIGHTS THE DRAG, 384 00:27:44,930 --> 00:27:47,464 GODWIN FIGHTS THE FIERCE CURRENT... 385 00:27:47,533 --> 00:27:50,834 HOLDING THEM STEADY IN THE FACE OF THE FALLS. 386 00:27:52,304 --> 00:27:53,437 Andy: MY HEART'S RACING, ONE JUST FROM 387 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:55,539 THE SHEER VOLUME OF WATER 388 00:27:55,541 --> 00:28:00,210 COMING DOWN IN THIS CAULDRON AND ALSO, THE FISH POTENTIAL. 389 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:07,351 IT'S GOT TO BE TEEMING WITH FISH HERE. COME ON! 390 00:28:20,166 --> 00:28:23,901 Andy: I'M STUCK ON A ROCK - NOW I'M IN TROUBLE... 391 00:28:30,609 --> 00:28:32,609 TRY AND GO UP A LITTLE BIT. 392 00:28:44,990 --> 00:28:46,457 FOR [BLEEP] SAKES! 393 00:28:48,494 --> 00:28:53,464 OK, GET ME CLOSE, I'LL HAVE TO CUT IT - CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. 394 00:29:04,009 --> 00:29:11,048 YA, SNAPPED, LET'S GO, GODDY YOU OK? I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN. 395 00:29:12,618 --> 00:29:16,086 DISAPPOINTING TO LOSE A LURE AGAIN BUT I'M BOUND 396 00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:20,891 TO LOSE SOME TACKLE. BUT WILD STUFF. AY! 397 00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:24,828 Narrator: THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN DETERMINATION - 398 00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:30,901 AND RECKLESSNESS... BUT ANDY STILL WON'T QUIT. 399 00:29:30,903 --> 00:29:34,070 Andy: I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO PUT MORE TACKLE ON 400 00:29:34,073 --> 00:29:35,372 IT'S VERY HECTIC ROUND THE CORNER 401 00:29:35,374 --> 00:29:40,444 THAT WATER WAS WILD. WILD, WILD WATER THERE MAN. 402 00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:43,113 I'VE NEVER FISHED WATER LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE. 403 00:29:43,181 --> 00:29:46,816 WOW. UNBELIEVABLE STUFF. BUT THE FEVER IS UPON ME - 404 00:29:46,885 --> 00:29:50,621 TRYING TO GET BACK THERE AS SOON AS I CAN. 405 00:29:55,628 --> 00:30:00,530 WELL, IT'S WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF APPREHENSION I GO BACK THERE. 406 00:30:00,599 --> 00:30:10,207 IT'S VERY WILD WATER THERE. RIGHT, HAHAHA LET'S GO... 407 00:30:10,275 --> 00:30:12,409 MY HEART'S RACING ALREADY! 408 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,406 Narrator: ANDY'S PITTING HIMSELF AGAINST 409 00:30:26,408 --> 00:30:29,242 THE MOST POWERFUL WATER ON THE PLANET. 410 00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:32,412 Andy: OK, HOLD ME HERE, NICE. 411 00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:38,752 I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE WHAT THESE PERCH ARE LIKE. 412 00:30:38,754 --> 00:30:41,822 THEY MUST BE HANGING RIGHT AGAINST THAT CLIFF FACE 413 00:30:41,890 --> 00:30:45,559 BECAUSE IT'S TOO TURBULENT OUT HERE FOR THEM 414 00:30:46,228 --> 00:30:49,830 AND THEY JUST AMBUSH AND ENGULF ANY BAIT FISH 415 00:30:49,898 --> 00:30:52,666 THAT GETS WASHED DOWN THESE FALLS. 416 00:30:53,669 --> 00:30:59,172 SO I'M TRYING TO CAST AS CLOSE AS I CAN TO THE SIDE 417 00:30:59,241 --> 00:31:02,809 AND HOPEFULLY ONE WILL RUSH OUT AND GRAB IT. 418 00:31:13,789 --> 00:31:16,123 Narrator: ANDY'S REELING FOR HIS LIFE... 419 00:31:16,191 --> 00:31:19,192 IT'S HARD TO TELL IF IT'S A FISH... OR THE CURRENT. 420 00:31:19,194 --> 00:31:26,500 Andy: YA! I'M ON. I GOT ONE... HERE WE GO! 421 00:31:28,470 --> 00:31:31,772 I'M FIGHTING THE FISH AND THE CURRENT, WHICH IS HUGE. 422 00:31:38,814 --> 00:31:40,581 YA LET'S GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT GODDY. 423 00:31:47,689 --> 00:31:50,591 Andy:YA LOOKS LIKE A FISH AROUND 10 KILOS. 424 00:31:52,561 --> 00:31:55,762 Narrator: RIGHT NOW THE FISH IS STEERING THE BOAT... 425 00:31:55,965 --> 00:31:58,098 IT'S NOT A MONSTER, BUT THE FIERCE CURRENT 426 00:31:58,100 --> 00:31:59,766 MAKES THE FIGHT MUCH HARDER. 427 00:32:02,171 --> 00:32:06,506 Andy: I NEED TO PUT MY GLOVE ON - HERE IT IS. 428 00:32:12,981 --> 00:32:16,583 RIGHT, I'M ON TERRA FIRMA, NOT ROCKING AND ROLLING IN THE BOAT. 429 00:32:20,789 --> 00:32:21,388 HERE WE GO. 430 00:32:22,457 --> 00:32:25,525 Narrator: ALL THAT WORK - FOR A 25-POUND FISH. 431 00:32:28,964 --> 00:32:31,331 BUT ANDY IS STILL LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. 432 00:32:31,867 --> 00:32:39,006 Andy: GOT A FISH OF AROUND 10 OR 12 KILOS, REALLY NICE - MAN! 433 00:32:39,608 --> 00:32:42,609 MY FIRST NILE PERCH AT THE BASE OF THE MURCHISON FALLS. 434 00:32:42,678 --> 00:32:46,680 HOW WONDERFUL. I WANT TO PUT IT BACK IN THE WATER 435 00:32:46,748 --> 00:32:48,315 AND I WANT TO TRY AND TAG IT. 436 00:32:52,755 --> 00:32:55,389 Narrator: ANDY'S STILL HUNGRY FOR THE CATCH OF HIS LIFE... 437 00:32:56,825 --> 00:32:59,059 IF HIS MONSTER FISH WON'T COME TO HIM... 438 00:32:59,061 --> 00:33:01,862 HE'LL HAVE TO GO TO IT. 439 00:33:04,232 --> 00:33:06,566 IT'S TIME FOR DRASTIC MEASURES... 440 00:33:06,835 --> 00:33:08,501 THERE'S A SECRET FISHING SPOT... 441 00:33:08,504 --> 00:33:11,571 EVEN CLOSER TO THE BASE OF THE FALLS... 442 00:33:11,907 --> 00:33:14,908 BUT IT'S STEEP AND INACCESSIBLE 443 00:33:14,976 --> 00:33:19,212 NOT EVEN CROCS AND HIPPOS VENTURE THIS FAR UP. 444 00:33:19,815 --> 00:33:22,683 IT'S KNOWN AS 'THE DEVIL'S CAULDRON' - 445 00:33:23,752 --> 00:33:25,485 THE LAST OUTPOST OF THE NILE PERCH. 446 00:33:28,457 --> 00:33:31,958 ...THE PERFECT HIDEOUT FOR A ROGUE OF A FISH. 447 00:33:42,938 --> 00:33:44,771 ANDY'S PUTTING HIS THEORY TO THE TEST ... 448 00:33:46,075 --> 00:33:48,475 HOPING THE REALLY BIG PERCH WILL BE USING THE ROUGH WATER 449 00:33:48,543 --> 00:33:53,146 TO THEIR ADVANTAGE - WAITING TO AMBUSH SMALLER FISH 450 00:33:53,215 --> 00:33:55,115 THAT ARE DISORIENTED IN THE TURMOIL... 451 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:21,708 IT'S OVER 100-DEGREES... EVEN IN THE SHADE... 452 00:34:23,745 --> 00:34:27,114 ONLY A REALLY BIG FISH WILL BE WORTH IT. 453 00:34:51,072 --> 00:34:56,476 Andy: I'M ON. YEAH I'M ON. YES PLEASE. 454 00:34:59,815 --> 00:35:04,751 HAHAHA, YAY, HE'S RUNNING. 455 00:35:05,086 --> 00:35:07,254 I'M HOLDING ON AS HARD AS I CAN! 456 00:35:07,522 --> 00:35:09,990 I'M FIGHTING CURRENT AND THE FISH... 457 00:35:13,762 --> 00:35:16,296 IT'S GONE INTO A QUIET BAY HERE... 458 00:35:22,704 --> 00:35:25,305 COME ON. 459 00:35:25,874 --> 00:35:27,107 ALRIGHT, YOU WANNA DO BATTLE? LET'S GO. 460 00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:37,467 ator: ANDY'S DOING BATTLE IN THE DEVIL'S CAULDRON... 461 00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:40,237 A MASSIVE WHIRLPOOL AT THE BASE OF THE MURCHISON FALLS. 462 00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:42,772 Andy: IT'S RUNNING OUT INTO THE MAIN. 463 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:46,209 Narrator: HE'S GOT A BIG PERCH ON THE LINE - 464 00:35:46,879 --> 00:35:48,378 BUT IT WON'T COME IN EASILY. 465 00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:55,452 Andy: AIBO! COME ON, I CAN SEE HIM COMING. 466 00:35:55,687 --> 00:35:59,256 ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO WORK MY WAY AROUND. 467 00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:05,262 IF I LOSE MY FOOTING HERE, THAT'S THE END OF ME. 468 00:36:16,008 --> 00:36:17,307 Andy: HOW'S THIS FOR AN OBSTACLE COURSE? 469 00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:21,778 THE LENGTHS ONE GOES TO CATCHING FISH... 470 00:36:24,516 --> 00:36:28,985 IT'S THE ONLY PLACE I CAN LAND IT SO I'M PRETTY MUCH FORCED 471 00:36:28,987 --> 00:36:36,726 TO MAKE MY WAY ROUND HERE... I JUST HOPE IT STAYS ON THE LINE 472 00:36:36,728 --> 00:36:43,166 AND I DON'T LOSE MY ROD, THIS IS CHAOTIC. COME ON! 473 00:36:46,671 --> 00:36:50,607 Andy: RIGHT, SLIGHTLY BETTER POSITION NOW 474 00:36:50,675 --> 00:36:52,409 TO BRING IT IN CLOSER. 475 00:36:57,649 --> 00:37:01,451 THERE IT IS. COME ON. 476 00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:12,862 YOOHOO. LOOK AT THAT! 477 00:37:13,298 --> 00:37:16,600 WOW! THAT'S A NICE LOOKING FISH. 478 00:37:21,974 --> 00:37:23,973 THIS IS A REALLY NICE SIZED FISH. 479 00:37:24,042 --> 00:37:27,010 PROBABLY ABOUT 30KG I WOULD THINK. 480 00:37:29,014 --> 00:37:32,616 Narrator: IT'S A 65LB PERCH... HIS BIGGEST FISH YET! 481 00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:35,318 Andy: AND LOOK AT ITS MOUTH - 482 00:37:35,654 --> 00:37:37,721 I MEAN THAT'S JUST ENORMOUS! 483 00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:42,192 RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GET YOU BACK IN. 484 00:37:42,461 --> 00:37:46,062 I DON'T WANT TO KEEP IT OUT ANY LONGER. 485 00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:49,532 I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR A WAVE TO COME. THERE WE GO... 486 00:37:49,601 --> 00:37:56,206 THERE WE GO. 487 00:37:59,444 --> 00:38:03,279 Andy: THAT IS THE ULTIMATE IN WILD FISHING. 488 00:38:06,151 --> 00:38:09,619 Narrator: BUT STILL NOT THE MONSTER ANDY'S SEARCHING FOR. 489 00:38:10,689 --> 00:38:16,426 HE PRESSES ON... AND THE CAULDRON KEEPS PRODUCING... 490 00:38:16,428 --> 00:38:24,167 Andy:YES! LOOK A THAT! IT'S A SMALL ONE... 491 00:38:29,608 --> 00:38:32,676 YA, I'M ON. YA, A LITTLE ONE. 492 00:38:33,612 --> 00:38:36,980 YOU MUST GROW UP TO BE A HUGE BIG FISH...COME. 493 00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:42,552 Narrator: THE WILD WATERS OF THE FALLS DON'T DISAPPOINT. 494 00:38:42,554 --> 00:38:45,388 Andy: HAHAHA - AAAH I LOVE THIS! 495 00:38:45,390 --> 00:38:50,060 Narrator: BUT STILL THE MONSTER OF THE NILE ELUDES HIM. 496 00:38:53,832 --> 00:38:59,069 SOMEWHERE ALONG THIS RIVER... A GIANT STILL LIES IN WAIT. 497 00:39:03,841 --> 00:39:06,810 BACK DOWN RIVER, ANDY PICKS HIS FINAL SPOT. 498 00:39:14,152 --> 00:39:24,193 Andy: I'M ON... IT'S GOING NOW... JA... OK THANK YOU... 499 00:39:24,262 --> 00:39:30,700 Andy: I'M ON... IT'S GOING NOW... JA... OK THANK YOU... 500 00:39:31,970 --> 00:39:34,838 JA MAYBE WE SHOULD FOLLOW... 501 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,776 I'LL JUST PULL THE BOAT AFTER THE FISH... 502 00:39:41,679 --> 00:39:44,114 Narrator: A BIG FISH RUNS WITH HIS BAIT... 503 00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:46,516 BUT IT WON'T SHOW ITSELF. 504 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,086 Andy: HASN'T JUMPED YET... 505 00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:58,194 GODDY WHAT YOU THINK? YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? 506 00:39:58,196 --> 00:40:00,997 Goddy: I CAN'T SAY, I HAVE NO IDEA OF THAT, 507 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,465 IF IT'S NOT JUMPING UP. 508 00:40:02,534 --> 00:40:06,102 Andy: IT'S NOT JUMPING, IT'S HOPEFULLY A BIG ONE. 509 00:40:07,672 --> 00:40:08,538 Goddy: FORWARD? 510 00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:11,741 Andy: JA GO DEEPER INTO THE RIVER, 511 00:40:11,743 --> 00:40:14,210 GET AWAY FROM THE BANK FROM THE CROCODILES AS WELL... 512 00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:40,970 THAT'LL BE OK GODDY... YOU WANNA CLEAN IT?... IT'S GOING NOW... 513 00:40:51,249 --> 00:40:54,818 Andy: AIBO! AY THAT'S A BUS! 514 00:40:56,254 --> 00:40:57,520 Narrator: THIS IS THE MASSIVE SPECIMEN 515 00:40:57,522 --> 00:40:59,189 ANDY'S BEEN WAITING FOR! 516 00:41:04,662 --> 00:41:07,396 Andy: ONE SURE WAY OF GETTING MY HAND BITTEN OFF BY A CROCODILE 517 00:41:07,399 --> 00:41:09,833 IS DANGLING A FISH OVER THE SIDE. 518 00:41:11,069 --> 00:41:13,002 I'M GONNA TRY AND PUT THIS FISH IN THE BOAT... 519 00:41:13,004 --> 00:41:16,072 2... 3... 520 00:41:17,609 --> 00:41:19,008 OK... 521 00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:21,544 RIGHT GODDY TAKE US TO A BANK PLEASE. 522 00:41:24,616 --> 00:41:27,750 Narrator: IT'S A BEAUTY! EASILY OVER THE 100LB MARK. 523 00:41:41,065 --> 00:41:43,766 Andy: WONDERFUL FISH THIS ONE... 524 00:41:45,436 --> 00:41:47,837 I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP IT IN SOME WATER HERE 525 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:50,873 AND KEEP MY EYES OPEN FOR CROCODILES. 526 00:41:50,942 --> 00:41:55,511 JUST SO IT'S GOT SOME WATER FLOWING OVER THE GILLS. 527 00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:58,815 AND IT'S COMPLETELY CHILLED. THERE YOU GO, MAMA. 528 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:12,195 63... 40... THERE WE GO... I WANT TO JUST REVIVE HER... 529 00:42:12,263 --> 00:42:19,835 NOW LOOK AT THAT HUGE BIG MOUTH... LOOK AT THAT... 530 00:42:19,838 --> 00:42:20,937 LOOK AT THAT TAIL - 531 00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:26,009 THAT'S A HUGE, BIG PROPELLER FOR AN AMBUSH PREDATOR. 532 00:42:26,077 --> 00:42:31,414 SNEAKING AROUND THE BOTTOM AND THEN CHARGING FAST 533 00:42:31,416 --> 00:42:39,689 TO ENGULF THE PREY. IT'S LIKE A SACK OF CEMENT - 534 00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:44,294 THIS IS THE REAL WATER ELEPHANT! 535 00:42:49,067 --> 00:42:50,967 50 - NICE! 536 00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:54,671 SACK OF CEMENT 50 KILO 110 LB... 537 00:42:54,906 --> 00:42:58,975 THERE YOU GO MOM, THERE WE GO, THERE WE GO. 538 00:42:59,343 --> 00:43:02,612 Narrator: A FEMALE PERCH THIS SIZE CAN PRODUCE 7 MILLION EGGS 539 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,247 THREE TIMES PER YEAR. 540 00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:11,054 Andy: WONDERFUL... 50KG OF FISH - THAT'S THE BROOD STOCK. 541 00:43:11,856 --> 00:43:14,323 Narrator: AT THAT RATE, THIS LARGE FEMALE COULD PRODUCE 542 00:43:14,326 --> 00:43:17,527 UP TO 260 MILLION EGGS IN HER LIFETIME. 543 00:43:19,331 --> 00:43:22,698 Andy: THOSE ARE THE MONSTERS OF THE NILE RIVER. 544 00:43:22,767 --> 00:43:26,802 ♪ 545 00:43:26,805 --> 00:43:30,539 Narrator: THERE MAY WELL BE BIGGER NILE PERCH OUT THERE, 546 00:43:30,542 --> 00:43:33,309 BUT ANDY'S FINALLY MET ONE WORTHY OF THE LEGENDS. 547 00:43:37,949 --> 00:43:40,717 SHE RETURNS TO THE MIGHTY RIVER THAT SPAWNED HER... 548 00:43:41,986 --> 00:43:45,388 TO SOME A FISHERMAN'S FANTASY... 549 00:43:45,456 --> 00:43:48,624 TO OTHERS A PRIZED COMMODITY. 550 00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:50,760 AN 'EATING MACHINE'... 551 00:43:50,762 --> 00:43:52,829 A SURVIVOR... 552 00:43:52,897 --> 00:43:55,364 A LEVIATHAN ... 553 00:43:55,367 --> 00:43:58,368 WORTHY OF THE MIGHTY WATERS OF THE NILE.