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Phelps’ golden gal

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He swims like a fish — but she’s the catch!

Olympic pool hero Michael Phelps recently whisked his new girlfriend, Sarah Herndon to the Bahamas, where he wooed her with his lobster-fishing skills, she told The Post.

Just weeks off a breakup, Phelps, 27, spent five days in paradise last month with the 22-year-old California waitress.

“We were holding hands. He was putting his arm around me when I was cold,” she said, recalling one outing on a boat.

“He was acting like I was his girl.”

Phelps, she said, hunted for lobsters in the water and joked, “This is my home, too, you know!”

“Michael’s a good kisser. He’s very cuddly,” she said.