I boat on Havasu, Mead, Mojave, Pleasant, the river and Tahoe (with a flatbottom...), you can be a sheep in the crowd with a yuppie boat or grow a pair and get a custom flatbottom (no 2 are the same).
Lake Ape, before you take advice from Roman 1, you should be aware that he runs a boat rental and bait shop with the only boat for rent being his flat. I'm pretty sure he finances the business with money he made from heading the Apollo space program and inventing the internal combustion engine.