THE RETURN OF THE PIKING PIRATE, STARRING GORD BURTON
Price: Double box, two video set £ 21.99 + £ 3.00 postage & DVD set £ 29.99 + £ 2.00 postage.

Gord Burton, ex professional boxer turned professional predator hunter is an eccentric but likeable character who can talk the hind leg off a donkey.

In these two videos (or DVD’s) Gord, who always flies the Jolly Roger flag on his boat ‘Creek Chub’ and is therefore known as The Piking Pirate, goes in search of pike in Scotland and Cumbria.

In Part 1 Gord, along with his young son Walker, sets sail on lovely Loch Ken, which is not so lovely on this occasion, with wind and rain battering the pair as they battle it out for three days in atrocious conditions.

But they come good and catch pike with a variety of methods.

In Part Two they tackle Lake Windermere in the Lake District and this time the weather is bitterly cold. They fail on the first trip but then return to make up for it with spectacular results.

The videos, or DVD’s, are available through:
Original Video
PO Box 10
Longfield
DA3 7ZU

Orders can be accepted by telephone on 01474 708707.

And also in many of the bigger tackle shops, although I’m told they are in short supply at the moment and mail order is best.

FISHINGmagic VERDICT

You’ve got to be a Gord Burton fan to enjoy Gord’s videos. He puts a lot of energy and drama into his presentations, some of it, it has to be said, just a little OTT. Gord makes every piking trip an adventure along the lines of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’.

I know Gordy quite well and enjoy his company and the one thing you realise within just a few minutes of being with him is that he is a piker’s piker. He knows his quarry inside out and has enough enthusiasm for half a dozen ‘ordinary’ pike anglers.

If you are a Gord Burton fan, as I am, then you will thoroughly enjoy these videos and no doubt learn a lot about catching pike along the way.