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 80’s in the lower lake and up some of
the creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was a few inches below the top of
the dam and the water was stained but not muddy in the lower lake. Algal
blooms were occurring in some parts of the lake. Medium bluegill were on
some of the deeper lake shorelines. Small bluegill were scattered along
much of the lake shoreline and larger bluegill, yellow perch, white perch,
blue cats, channel cats, and a few crappie were widely scattered over the
shallow to mid-depth flats in the main lake early in the mornings and around
deeper wood cover and along the outer edges of flats later in the day. Bass
were in weeds and on wood cover, primarily in the main lake. Wright Bait
Co. and Southern Pro one and two inch curly tail grubs, tubes, small swim
baits, roadrunners, Kalin crappie scrubs, worms, and live minnows have been
the most effective baits for bluegill, perch, and crappie. Bass have been
hitting topwater lures just before and after sunrise on some mornings, and
stickbaits, plastic worms, swim baits, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits later in
the morning. Fishing with Capt. Conway, Capt. Bill Buck had 25 bluegill, 1
shellcracker, 2 fliers, 1 crappie, 2 white perch, 2 channel cats, 1 blue
cat, and 1 bass.