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 80’s in the lower lake and low 80’s 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 still occurring in some parts of the lake. Small and a
few medium bluegill were scattered along much of the lake shoreline. Larger
bluegill, shellcrackers, white perch, blue cats, channel cats, and a few
crappie were scattered on mid-depth flats and around deeper wood cover and
along the outer edges of flats. 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 along the outer edges of
weedbeds in the main lake and have been hitting soft jerkbaits and
stickbaits. Fishing with Capt. Conway, Capt. Bill Buck had 26 bluegill, 2
shellcracker, 3 crappie, 1 white perch, 4 blue cats, and 1 bass. Carolyn
Conway had 26 bluegill and 1 shellcracker.