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 40’s in the lower and upper lake and in
the mid to high 40’s in the major creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was a
little less than a foot above the top of the dam. The water was dark and a
little cloudy but not muddy in the lower lake. Blue cats and a few crappie
were still in some of the winter holes, especially up the lake, and were
hitting blade baits and minnows. Crappie, bass, pickerel, and bowfin were
in the channels in major creeks and were hitting trolled live minnows,
Wright Bait Co. curlytail grubs, and suspending jerkbaits. Fishing with
Capt. Conway, Malcolm Turnbull had 13 crappie, 3 pickerel, 1 blue cat, and 4
bass. Capt. Bill Buck had 5 crappie, 1 pickerel, and 1 bass.