Elroy Krueger passed away

Never met the man but read his name high in the standings for years. Seems we lost another Texas fishing icon. Prayers to his family and friends.

http://www.bassfan.com/docktalk_article/...as#.VgtVDf9dGM8

sorry to hear that, old school fisherman for sure.

Knew him in the early days of Choke Canyon. He helped my son and I bond on the love of fishing. May he rest in peace!

He was one of the greatest of all time.
He use to dominate in the old Texas State Bass Tournaments.
When all the big names use to fish it.
Even when he was up in years he was still kicking A in the big tournaments. Fishing was his life.
R.I.P Elroy

I believe he wrote the Choke Canyon report for Honey Hole Mag. Another great gone.

I fished with him once on Choke, while I was down there the In Fishermen crews were down there filming with Elrioy, he invited me to dinner with them, it was pretty cool to hang out with him and those guys, may he rest in peace.

Sad to hear.

I fished against Elroy in Federation tournaments in the 80' and 90's he was a great angler and will be missed. Always willing to help out with tips when you went to South TX lakes.

RIP Elroy

He loved that golden/yellow spinnerbait! RIP Mr. Krueger.

Prayers sent to family and friends. I fished many tournaments against him on Amistad. He was the greatest.

I just read that on Bass Fan a few minutes ago. He was definitely one of the early pioneers with BASS and a true legend of South Texas bass fishing. I used to read his reports about Choke in the early days as well as Calaveras when he still had his tackle shop in Universal City. He also wrote about Averhoff which was a well kept secret. I've been lucky enough to fish FLW Tour events on both ends of the boat and meet and fish against many bass fishing legends...but one of my proudest moments was sitting next to Elroy in a Bass Champs Big Bass tournament at Choke Canyon waiting to see if our fish would get an hourly check. I started fishing Choke Canyon when it first opened back in the early 80s and even guided there full time for a couple of years...but there was no one that knew Choke like Elroy.

Just happened to check the Bass Section on the forum before heading to work and saw this ! Don't care if i'm late today ! I have to take the time and pay my respects to Elroy . As a kid growing up on Calaveras lake i had the privilege to fish next to him while both of our drags were stripping line with the big Hybrid stripers that he helped educate us on. He always knew where they were and why they were there !!! The big Black Bass were his true cup of Tea ! When i was in my late 20s and early 30s I ran into him all the time on Choke ! He always had a few Big fish. He was a true warrior on the lakes ! He knew his stuff and was always admired by many . May he rest in peace as the memories of him still live in our minds. Rio

In memory of Mr. Kreguer I have two spinner baits to give away. Sorry I am so late with this but I have been digging through all my old spinner baits to find them.

It was in 1998 during the Travis Team Open on Lake Amistad when Elroy came knocking on my motel door. He knew that I carried my spinner bait building box with me to every tournament. He had lost his GOLDEN BOY to a huge fish in practice along one of the grass lines. These are two of the four we built that night and I am proud to have the pattern for his best spinner baits that he threw everyday on the wind blown grass.

Mr. Kreguer took Big Bass on one of these during that tournament and I got 6th place overall.
Sorry I don't know which one did the job for him but the Indiana Blade got me in the top 10.
Please PM. me if you would like one to remember him by.

Two Kreguer Golden Boys

Mr. Harper that is a nice tribute to a great fisherman. Those baits came to be known as Neon Gold spinnerbaits on Choke and always caught fish. I still have a few that I throw from time to time. Elroy was always willing to tell people what the fish were biting on and introduced me to the Senko when he first got them in his shop. Have been using them ever since.

Prayers sent

I did not know the man but, I am no less sorry to hear of his passing.
May the Lord watch over that family in their hours of need
God Bless

I didn't realize Elroy had passed. I had the pleasure of sharing a boat with him a couple of times. He taught me the many ways to fish a spinner bait on Choke Canyon. Donald Harper I still have many of the old golden spinner baits. I used to go by his shop every day I fished and tell him where I fished and what I did and he would tell me what he would have done in the same situation. Great fisherman.

He could fish that's for sure. He caught fish in tournaments on lake Corpus Christi (Lake Mathis) back then we did not know existed. He used to come down from San Antonio kick our butts back then.

I knew both Krueger brothers, Elroy and Raymond, when fishing in the SABC in the late 60's. Fun guys and both were stars of the club.

Many years later I talked to Elroy at Toledo Bend at the state tournament. Good guy and great fisherman. He will be missed.

Heck of a guy RIP

Great story Donald. Never met the man but heard his name many times and always in a positive light.

Legend in fishing world. RIP

I met him in 1972 while a member of the SABC. Nice fellow, and what a bass magnet! RIP, Elroy.

Sorry to hear that. He guided me once on Choke Canyon and taught me some good locations and baits to use. I also bought stuff from him when he had the shop. Good guy.

I knew Elroy back when he owned Elroy's Fishing Hole. He loved talking about fishing.

Y'all DO realize this post is 1 1/2 years old. I know MOST of you do know that Elroy passed in September of 2015. May he rest in peace. A Texas Legend!!