Charter Operator
Outrageous Fishing

Member since May 2014 Cape Town, South Africa
Background
Outrageous Fishing is owned and operated by Skipper Byron Ashington. Byron skippers the Depth Charge. His other charters are skippered by long-time captains and friends. All of our captains and crew are experienced and dedicated to providing a quality service. Byron has been fishing his entire life and has over 30 years of experience on the water, particularly when it comes to deep sea charters. Byron has been a skipper since 1986 and fishing off Cape Town since 1984, with a number of South African and All Africa records to his name, as well as a World Record. He started his own charter company in 1999. Byron says, "I was born into an angling family, and have been angling for over 40 years in the recreational, commercial, and charter sides of angling... Having reached my goals in competitive angling, I now get a thrill out of helping experienced and inexperienced anglers to catch their dream fish..."
Techniques
salt water boat based fishing

Hey, we're Outrageous Fishing

Cape Town, South Africa
Background
Outrageous Fishing is owned and operated by Skipper Byron Ashington. Byron skippers the Depth Charge. His other charters are skippered by long-time captains and friends. All of our captains and crew are experienced and dedicated to providing a quality service. Byron has been fishing his entire life and has over 30 years of experience on the water, particularly when it comes to deep sea charters. Byron has been a skipper since 1986 and fishing off Cape Town since 1984, with a number of South African and All Africa records to his name, as well as a World Record. He started his own charter company in 1999. Byron says, "I was born into an angling family, and have been angling for over 40 years in the recreational, commercial, and charter sides of angling... Having reached my goals in competitive angling, I now get a thrill out of helping experienced and inexperienced anglers to catch their dream fish..."
Techniques
salt water boat based fishing

My Charter Listings

Excellent
4.4 / 5
(21 reviews)
Cape Town
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Trips from US $420
Cape Town
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Trips from US $1,037
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(1 review)
Cape Town
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Trips from US $617

Fishing Reports

Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.4 / 5
out of 5 stars from 22 reviews
Boat
Excellent
4.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.5 / 5
Photos & videos by reviewers (33)
Full Day Tuna trip with Capt Byron and crew Monique, Marius and Francois
Full Day Tuna trip with Capt Byron and crew Monique, Marius and Francois
Full Day Tuna trip with Capt Byron and crew Monique, Marius and Francois
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Angler rating
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
92%
Friendly captain
100%
Recommend this charter
91%
Appropriate for children
88%
Satisfied with the boat
100%
Caught fish
85%
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Earl E.
Excellent
4.7 / 5
Experience:
Very good
4.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Fishing with Byron

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip - Reef (PM) on February 21, 2025
Earl E. recommends Outrageous Fishing - Depth Charge
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Keanan N.
Very good
4.0 / 5
Experience:
Good
3.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

March fishing trip

VERIFIED   Full Day Trip - Inshore on March 20, 2025
Keanan N. recommends Outrageous Fishing - Depth Charge
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Kye B.
Cape Town, South Africa
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Full day with captain Steven and deck hand Duncan.

Full Day Trip - Inshore on April 24, 2021
We were greeted by Steven and Duncan bright and early on Saturday the 24th of April. It was low tide so it was tough to get...
Kye B. recommends Outrageous Fishing - Depth Charge
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Jamie G.
Cape Town, South Africa
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Overall

Great afternoon of fishing

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip - Inshore (PM) on April 20, 2019
My wife, son (5), and I had a great half-day of fishing. The crew was great with my son and worked hard to make the trip enjoyable....
Jamie G. recommends Outrageous Fishing - Depth Charge
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David S.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Very good
3.3 / 5
Experience:
Bad
2.0 / 5
Boat
Very good
4.0 / 5
Crew
Very good
4.0 / 5
Overall

Half day trip with Captain Kevin

VERIFIED   Half Day Trip - Reef (PM) on February 10, 2020
The boat was dissapointing and probably 50% of how it appeared it the online promotion.It was a bad fishing day although Kevin...
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