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Things to do? Boating doesn't seem big unless you go to San Diego.

Lake Pleasant NW of Phoenix is pretty nice for sailing boats, also bass
fishing and general boating. The lakes NE of Mesa have some pretty good
fishing...Sahuaro, Canyon Lake, Apache, and Roosevelt. Some pretty big
catfish come out of Roosevelt. All close enough for a days fishing trip.
Very crowded on the weekends, however. The lake(Barkley?) on the Verde
River just north of Scottsdale has a good reputation for catfish, also.
They've been pretty low the last few years due to the drought but I hear
water levels this Winter have come up quite a bit because of the rains.
They had to drop the artificial rubber dams holding in Tempe Town Lake to
let the Salt River drain off some of the water behind the dams on the first
four mentioned lakes. I hear people came in droves to watch water running
in the river bed..it hadn't done so in about ten years.
Tom.