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 80’s to low 90’s in the lower lake and up some
of the creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was about even with the top of
the dam and the water was stained but not muddy. Moderate numbers of
bluegill, and a few pickerel and yellow perch were in the major creeks.
Bluegill were scattered along the shoreline and yellow perch, white perch,
blue cats, and crappie were scattered over the shallow to mid-depth flats in
the lower and middle regions of the main lake. Bass were in weeds and on
wood cover in the creeks and in the main lake. Wright Bait Co. and Southern
Pro one and two inch curly tail grubs, tubes, stingers, marabou crappie
jigs, small swim baits, and live minnows have been the most effective baits
for bluegill, perch, and crappie. Bass have been hitting stickbaits, swim
baits, spinnerbaits, and bluegill-pattern crankbaits. Fishing with Capt.
Conway, Hollis Pruitt and Carolyn Conway had 38 bluegill, 5 shellcracker, 4
crappie, 1 yellow perch, 1 white perch, 1 pickerel, and 12 bass.