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Chickahominy Lake Fishing Report – February 22, 2012

Capt. Art — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:08:26 +0000

Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that after the dose of snow on Sunday,
Chickahominy Lake mid-day water temperatures were in the mid 40′s in the
lower and upper lake and had returned to the mid to high 40′s in the major
creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was a little less than a foot above the
top of the dam. The water was dark and a little cloudy but not muddy in the
lower lake. Fish activity had dropped off in the winter holes and up the
creeks. Crappies, bass, and pickerel will probably become active in the
major creeks over the next week, now that water temperatures are back up to
where they were last week.

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Chickahominy Lake Fishing Report – February 15, 2012

Capt. Art — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:29:34 +0000

Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water
temperatures were in the low to mid 40′s in the lower and upper lake and in
the mid to high 40′s in the major creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was a
little less than a foot above the top of the dam. The water was dark and a
little cloudy but not muddy in the lower lake. Blue cats and a few crappie
were still in some of the winter holes, especially up the lake, and were
hitting blade baits and minnows. Crappie, bass, pickerel, and bowfin were
in the channels in major creeks and were hitting trolled live minnows,
Wright Bait Co. curlytail grubs, and suspending jerkbaits. Fishing with
Capt. Conway, Malcolm Turnbull had 13 crappie, 3 pickerel, 1 blue cat, and 4
bass. Capt. Bill Buck had 5 crappie, 1 pickerel, and 1 bass.

Chickahominy Lake Fishing Report – February 8, 2012

Capt. Art — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:57:17 +0000

Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water
temperatures were in the high 40′s in the lower and upper lake and in the
low 50′s in the major creeks last weekend, but had dropped to the mid 40′s
throughout on Wednesday. The lake level was a little less than a foot above
the top of the dam. The water was dark and a little cloudy but not muddy in
the lower lake. Bass, a few pickerel, bowfin, and blue cats were scattered
in the winter holes and deep channels, especially in the lower lake, and
were hitting blade baits and live minnows. A few crappie were still in some
of the winter holes, especially up the lake, and were hitting blade baits
and minnows. Crappie, bass, pickerel, and bowfin were in the channels in
major creeks and were hitting trolled live minnows and suspending jerkbaits.
Fishing with Capt. Conway, Hollis Pruitt had 15 crappie, 2 pickerel, and 2
bass. Charlie Fasano had 7 crappie, 3 pickerel, and 1 bass.

Chickahominy Lake Fishing Report – February 1, 2012

Capt. Art — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:39:41 +0000

Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water temperatures were in the mid to high 40′s in the lower and upper lake and in the high 40′s in the major creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was a little less than a foot above the top of the dam. The water was dark and a little cloudy but not muddy in the lower lake. Bass, a few pickerel, bowfin, and blue cats were scattered in the winter holes and deep channels, especially in the lower lake, and were hitting blade baits and live minnows.

A few crappie were still in some of the winter holes, especially up the lake, and were hitting blade baits and minnows. Some crappie, bass, and bowfin were in the channels in major creeks and were hitting trolled live minnows.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Capt. Bill Buck had 7 crappie, 2 bowfin, 1 blue cat, and 3 bass. Malcolm Turnbull had a citation yellow perch, a crappie, and 2 bass.

Chickahominy Lake Fishing Report – January 25, 2012

Capt. Art — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:43:59 +0000

Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water
temperatures were in the low to mid 40′s in the lower and upper lake and in
the major creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was a little less than a foot
above the top of the dam. The water was dark and a little cloudy but not
muddy in the lower lake. Bass, a few pickerel, and blue cats were scattered
in the winter holes and deep channels, especially in the lower lake, and
were hitting blade baits and live minnows. A few crappie were still in some
of the winter holes, especially up the lake, and were hitting blade baits
and minnows. Some crappie were already in the channels in major creeks and
were hitting trolled live minnows. Fishing with Capt. Conway, Capt. Bill
Buck had 6 crappie, 1 white perch, 1 pickerel, 1 blue cat, and 3 bass.

Chickahominy Lake Fishing Report – January 18, 2012

Capt. Art — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:22:48 +0000

Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water
temperatures were in the low to mid 40′s in the lower lake and in the upper
lake on Wednesday. The lake level was about a foot above the top of the
dam. The water was dark and a little cloudy but not muddy in the lower
lake. Crappie were widely scattered over the mid-depth and deep channels
throughout the lake and were hitting Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro one
and two inch curly tail grubs, tubes, blade baits, and live minnows. Bass,
blue cats, a few pickerel, and a few white and yellow perch were mixed in
with the crappies. Fishing with Capt. Conway, Hollis Pruitt and Malcolm
Turnbull had 13 crappie and 2 white perch.

Chickahominy Lake Fishing Report – January 11, 2012

Capt. Art — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:17:36 +0000

Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water
temperatures were in the low 40′s in the lower lake and in the upper lake on
Wednesday. The lake level was a little below a foot above the top of the
dam. The water was dark and a little cloudy but not muddy in the lower
lake. Crappie were scattered over the mid-depth and deep channels
throughout the lake and were hitting Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro one
and two inch curly tail grubs, tubes, blade baits, and live minnows. Bass,
blue cats, a few pickerel, and a few white perch are mixed in with the
crappies. Fishing with Capt. Conway, Rich Fields and Robbie Creasey had 23
crappie, 1 white perch, 2 blue cats, 1 bass, and 1 gizzard shad.

Chickahominy Lake Fishing Report – January 4, 2012

Capt. Art — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:11:02 +0000

Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water
temperatures were in the mid to low 40′s in the lower lake and in the high
30′s in the upper lake on Wednesday. The lake level was about a foot above
the top of the dam. The water was dark but not muddy in the lower lake.
Crappie were scattered over the mid-depth channels throughout the lake and
were hitting Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro one and two inch curly tail
grubs, tubes, blade baits, and live minnows. Fishing with Capt. Conway,
Hollis Pruitt and Malcolm Turnbull had 14 crappie and 2 bass.

Chickahominy Lake Fishing Report – December 28, 2011

Capt. Art — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:12:45 +0000

Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water
temperatures were in the mid to high 40′s in the lower lake and in the mid
40′s in the upper lake on Wednesday. The lake level was over a foot above
the top of the dam. The water was dark and cloudy but not obviously muddy
in the lower lake. Crappie were scattered over the mid-depth channels
throughout the lake and were hitting Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro one
and two inch curly tail grubs, tubes, blade baits, and live minnows.
Fishing with Capt. Conway, Capt. Bill Buck had 20 crappie, 4 bass, 1 white
perch and 1 shellcracker. Hollis Pruitt had 32 crappie.