La Joya landed a 182.6-kilogram marlin at Puerto Vallarta’s Los Muertos fishing tournament. See who won all four categories in the 99-boat field.
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Nov. 9, 2026 – La Joya won the marlin category Saturday, Nov. 7, at the 19th Playa Los Muertos fishing tournament with a 182.6-kilogram catch, the heaviest among 99 boats.
The fish weighed about 403 pounds. La Oficina finished second with a 118.3-kilogram marlin, putting La Joya 64.3 kilograms ahead of its closest rival.
La Joya’s catch was also 19.3 kilograms heavier than last year’s winning marlin. La Cindy took that category with a 163.3-kilogram fish in 2025, when 102 boats competed.
Dorado had the largest advertised prize
The 450,000-peso cash purse announced before the tournament put 200,000 pesos up for first place in dorado, also known as mahi-mahi. The advertised first-place prizes were 100,000 pesos each for marlin and tuna and 50,000 pesos for jurel toro. Tsuri won the dorado category by 780 grams over La Chona.
Here’s how the four categories finished in the published standings. The tuna results list only first place.
- Marlin — La Joya, 182.6 kilograms. La Oficina was second at 118.3 and Calculator Risk was third at 114.6.
- Dorado — Tsuri, 14 kilograms. La Chona was second at 13.22 and Borike was third at 10.9.
- Tuna — Sea Wolf, 15.52 kilograms.
- Jurel toro — Sea Ya!, 9.8 kilograms. Happy Hooker was second at 7.84 and La Cereza was third at 7.28.
A day at the pier
Friday’s registration was at Deportes Gutiérrez Rizo on Aquiles Serdán. Boats left the Playa Los Muertos pier at 7 a.m. Saturday, with a 5 p.m. fishing cutoff and Cuates y Cuetes listed as the weigh-in site next to the pier.
Sharing the catch is part of the tournament. At the 2025 awards, chef Memo Wulf and his team grilled fish over charcoal for more than 1,000 people, according to the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board.
This year’s awards and live music took place at the pier in Emiliano Zapata. More than 10 chefs cooked part of the day’s catch and served it to people gathered by the water.
