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 60’s to low 70’s in the lower lake and up the
creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was about a foot above the top of the
dam. The water was quite dark but was not cloudy or muddy in the lower
lake. Small and a few medium bluegill were scattered along parts of the
lake shoreline and up some of the creeks. Larger bluegill, shellcrackers,
blue cats, channel cats, and crappie were primarily along the outer edges of
flats, especially on wood cover. 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 and crappie. Small bass were widely scattered around much of
the lake, especially up some of the creeks. Fishing with Capt. Conway,
Capt. Bill Buck had 30 bluegill and 26 crappie.