Hey guys, looking for advise about camping on Capers. I will be home from Afghan in Dec and plan to go on two different trips. I have already contacted DNR and have received all of my permits and the map. Which end is the best to camp on? Which end is the best to fish from the surf? Or better to take the boat in the back waters? where is the best spot to beach park my boat? I will only be home for 30 days… I greatly appreciate any help as I don’t want to waste any of my time there trying to figure it out.
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It’s been a few years since I have been out there. Me and a group of guys would camp out there every year for spring break. I prefer the south end, that is where the main dock is and most of the camping spots. Thankfully you aren’t hitting it in the summer when the bugs are insane. When we would go we would do a good bit of surf fishing as well fishing off of the dock in the backside of the island. There are a lot of little tidal creeks and lagoons as well. Keep an eye out for the gators but shouldn’t be as active if its cold. Not sure about beaching the boat, one year we took a small one with us and left the big boat at the dock and took the smaller one up a creek closer to the camping spot to bring most of the supplies up. The beach is a driftwood beach with lots of downed trees, I know they beach some of the boats that are there for the day tours on the south end of the beach by the inlet, but I don’t know about leaving it there overnight with the tide change unless its tied to a really good tree, plus at low tide there is a big sandbar that comes out from the inlet. If you look at the island on Google Earth or Google Maps you can see the dock on the western backside of the island and the trail that runs along there, follow that towards the beach and you will see a small open area just on the edge