TowBoatUS Sam Rayburn towing vessel underway, the company name and (409) 332-5844 emergency number across its side.

The red and white towing vessel at the service facility with staff visible in the open boat house.

Two service boats moored on Sam Rayburn Reservoir, forested shoreline and clear sky behind them.

Red and white TowBoatUS service vessel on Sam Rayburn Reservoir with a seaplane in the background.

The only licensed TowBoatUS provider for Sam Rayburn & Toledo Bend

Boat broke down on Sam Rayburn? We’re already on the water.

Broken down, out of fuel, aground? Call, and a USCG-licensed captain heads your way across a 114,500-acre lake in the East Texas Piney Woods.

Call (409) 332-5844 Get covered first

Local line (409) 332-5844

Emergency on Water Assistance

TOWING, FUEL DELIVERY, JUMPSTARTS, UNGROUNDINGS

What we offer

On-water assistance, 24/7/365.

We run on-water assistance every day of the year, for bass boats, fishing boats, recreational boats, pontoons, personal watercraft and jet skis:

Emergency boat towing
Battery jump starts
Emergency fuel delivery
Soft ungrounding
Marine salvage and recovery

TowBoatUS members are served according to their applicable towing coverage. Non-members are also welcome, and non-member pricing varies by type of service, location, distance, time and circumstances of the call.

Call 844-BOAT-TOW (844-262-8869) 24 hours a day.

Insurance carriers

We can work with your carrier.

When towing, salvage or recovery may be covered by a policy, we work with customers and their insurance carriers, including GEICO, Progressive, State Farm and Allstate among others. Coverage varies by individual policy and by claim.

These are carriers we can work with. They are not exclusive partners, sponsors or affiliates, and naming them is not an endorsement.

On call

Somebody answers.

No matter the time—whether it’s 1:20 AM or 1:20 PM—when you call us, we answer. If you need help on the water, we’ll respond and head your way. That’s what we’re here for.

Our own words, posted from the boat

A TowBoatUS Sam Rayburn boat throwing a wake as it heads out onto the reservoir, towing equipment on the deck in the foreground.

The promise

For assistance, day or night, rain or shine, call (409) 332-5844.

Call (409) 332-5844

A seaplane partially submerged in the lake with a TowBoatUS vessel alongside it, responding to the scene.

Beyond a tow

Salvage and recovery.

Our experienced captains have the knowledge and the proper equipment to salvage and recover any scenario that may occur on Lake Sam Rayburn or Toledo Bend.

Where we run

Most calls come off the same stretch of water.

We cover Sam Rayburn Reservoir and Toledo Bend both, with USCG-licensed captains on the boats.

What area of the lake are you preforming most of the tows?

Majority are rattlesnake island area but we have had some towards Zavalla.

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Membership

The tow costs less before you need it.

Get nationwide coverage with a BoatUS Membership and save hundreds if not thousands in the event you need emergency assistance.

Get coverage now What it covers

TowBoatUS Sam Rayburn's red and white towing vessel docked at the marina with the company name and (409) 332-5844 number on the hull.

From the water

Photos and notes from out on Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend.

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