Channel 7 News poach fishing and surf presenter Paul Burt from Nine Paul Burt was will be joining Channel 7 as fishing and beach presenter. SEVEN News Brisbane has poached one of Queensland's most experienced fishing, weather and surf presenters right from under their rival's nose. Paul Burt, who currently appears on Nine News, will switch networks and join Seven for their bulletin. Burt began his television career at Seven and will return "home" as an addition to their existing line up of John Schluter and Liz Cantor. Burt's network switch is the latest salvo between Nine and Seven who are locked in a fierce battle for ratings supremacy. Seven has been the nightly news leader for the past seven years but have seen Nine slowly creep up on their turf since they shifted Bill McDonald and Sharyn Ghidella into the nightly bulletins and Kay McGrath and Rod Young to weekends. Seven will announce Burt's starting date with the network in the coming weeks.