Zion sets the bar high with catch

Five-year-old Zion Parker with his monster snapper.

At just 5 years old, keen young Waipapakauri fisherman Zion Parker no doubt has many years of classic catches ahead of him, but it might be some time before he beats the snapper he landed outside Houhora over Christmas.

He caught the 18-pounder on a Warehouse sprat rod, with a little help from his dad, Eru, who reckons his protege loves fishing more than anything - and this will only have made him keener.