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 in the lower lake and in the major creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was a few inches above the top of the dam. The water was dark but clear in most areas, but was cloudy in places due to the wind. Crappies were scattered up the major creeks, around the creek mouths, and on mid-depth wood cover in the main lake. Crappies were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro curlytail jigs and tubes, small swimbaits, and Kalin crappie scrubs. Some bluegills were in the creeks, primarily around vegetation, and hitting curlytail jigs, small swimbaits, and small spoons. A few pickerel were around the pad beds at the upper ends of the major creeks and in creek channels and were primarily hitting live minnows. Bass were next to the shoreline vegetation up the side creeks and were hitting soft plastic stick baits and plastic worms. Fishing with Capt. Conway, R. Bruce Birdsey had 13 crappie, 10 bluegill, 2 white perch, 1 yellow perch, 1 blue cat, 2 pickerel, and 1 bass. Bill and Harrie Siegfried had 21 crappie, 15 bluegill, 1 shellcracker, 3 white perch, 2 blue cats, and 4 pickerel. Capt. Bill Buck had 15 crappie, 11 bluegill, 4 shellcracker, 1 white perch, 2 shiners, 1 blue cat, 3 pickerel, and 3 bass.