Cottage family befriends wild largemouth bass

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Gus, the largemouth bass has become quite an attraction at this family cottage in Ontario, Canada. He was living under the family's swim raft and showing serious curiosity when they swam around the raft. He often swam around their feet as they stirred up the sediment, probably looking for anything edible that was disturbed. As he became more used to the family, he would swim closer and closer to look at their faces under the water.
The family was delighted with this friendly fish and they fed him a few worms by hand. He eagerly accepted the treats and almost instantly, he began begging for more. He started nibbling at their fingers and swimming up to their goggles to look them in the eye with his best fishy face.
Soon, Gus was swimming between family members and under their arms, through their legs, and all around their faces, with the trust of a family dog. He even seemed to enjoy a belly rub now and then. When Serena, the daughter in the family swam around the small island, Gus followed her, leading at times, swimming just in front of her face as she completed the fifteen minute loop around the entire shore. This is highly unusual because the lake is full of pike and very large bass that would be able to make a meal of a 2-3 pound bass like Gus.
Dave made the mistake of swimming out to the raft with no shirt on and Gus was more than curious about what he saw. Without warning, Gus was suddenly latched onto Dave with great enthusiasm. Dave screamed in shock and swam away from the raft while his wife laughed uproariously from the beach.

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