Canyon Lake
Twenty minutes from our shop in Apache Junction. The closest place to pick up a 2025 boat and pull it to the ramp yourself.
Canyon Lake is the narrow one. Red walls down to the water, calm in the morning, picks up a little wind after one. It's the closest of the lakes we send people to, twenty minutes from our lot on Scenic Street.
Bring a truck or SUV with a working hitch. We hook the trailer to it in the lot, walk you through the boat in person, and hand over the keys. Twenty minutes later you're at the ramp. The marina at the lake has a store and gas if you forget anything, which you will.
Three 2025 boats. The wakeboat throws a tournament-grade surf wave. The pontoon fits ten without feeling crowded. The Spark is the most-rented jet ski in Arizona for a reason.
Jet Ski
Wakeboat
Centurion RI 245
Tournament surf wave. The premium boat people fly here to ride.
Pontoon
Sea-Doo Switch
Room for the whole crew. Stable enough for kids.
- What you bring
- A truck or SUV with a working trailer hitch. Plus cooler, swimsuits, sunscreen, and a government-issued ID. 21 or older to rent a boat; 25 or older to rent a jet ski.
- At the shop
- We hook the trailer to your hitch, run the boat walk-through in our lot at 724 E Scenic St, and hand over the keys. About thirty minutes.
- Drive to the lake
- Roughly twenty minutes from the shop to the main ramp at Canyon Lake Marina, mostly along the Apache Trail (AZ-88).
- On the water
- Self-launch from the ramp. Calm water and glass mornings most days. The narrow canyon shelters the lake from afternoon wind better than most desert reservoirs. The marina sells gas and has a store if you need anything.
- Returning
- Retrieve at the same ramp, drive back to the shop, drop the trailer in our lot. Done in time for dinner.
- If weather turns
- Reschedule, no charge. Wind or storms can make Arizona lakes unsafe quickly; call (480) 637-4848 the morning of if conditions look off and we'll move your day.
Palo Verde Boat Launch on Canyon Lake. About twenty minutes from our shop along the Apache Trail (AZ-88). The main ramp and parking are right there.
Canyon is closest to the shop and has the full marina with a store. If you want something different, here's where we'd send you instead.
Reserve Canyon Lake.
Pick a 2025 boat, pick your day. We'll have the trailer ready when you pull in.