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 50’s in the lower lake and the upper 50’s to
low 60’s up some of the creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was a few
inches above the top of the dam and the water was stained but not muddy. A
few nice yellow perch were scattered on the mid-depth flats in the main
lake. Numerous crappie and a few decent pickerel and bass were in the major
creeks. Most of the crappie were still in the creek channels and were
moving around frequently, but were gradually working their way up to the
spawning areas. Some of the males were quite dark, so spawning is not far
away. Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro two inch curly tail grubs, tubes,
stingers, marabou crappie jigs, small swim baits, suspending jerk baits, and
live minnows have been the most effective baits. Fishing with Capt. Conway,
Jason Burkholder had 18 crappie, 4 bass, 1 pickerel, and 1 big bluegill.