Muddy Water Adventures
Muddy Water Adventures was started in 2016 by Wrangell native, Zachary Taylor. We offer water taxi services on the Stikine River and ocean waters of Southeastern Alaska, as well as half-day and full-day boat tours around Wrangell. The majority of our crew were born and raised right here in Wrangell, and have a wealth of local knowledge and history of the surrounding area. Read more about each crew member below.
Meet Our Crew
Zach
Captain & Guide
Zach has spent his life running the river and ocean channels, and learning as he went to give you the safest and most unique Alaskan experience! After a decade working as a captain, deckhand, and guide for other tour companies around Wrangell, Zach decided it was time to take the lead himself, and formed Muddy Water Adventures.
He served 6 years as an infantryman in the US Army, which is the longest he’s lived outside of his island home. He is a Captain on the local volunteer fire department, where he is an EMT-2 and Firefighter-1, as well as a member of the Search and Rescue squad. He has been a deckhand on a Dungeness crab boat for the last decade during the summer months, as well as the halibut longline fishery. In the winter months, he works for the local school bus company, where he is both manager and head driver, transporting Wrangell’s youth to and from school every day.
Mia
Assistant Manager, Deckhand, & Guide
Mia has been with us for several years as a deckhand and guide, and as of 2025 is the Assistant Manager of Muddy Water Adventures. She is a college student in the off-season, pursuing a career in dental hygienics. As a teenager she was a deckhand on her father’s fishing boat and for the Dungeness crab and halibut fisheries. She is semi-fluent in Tlingit, the language of the Alaska Native people in our area, and has a wealth of knowledge about Native traditions and customs. You will see Mia on any of our tours or water taxis!