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 middle 70’s in the lower lake on Wednesday (9/18/2013). The lake level was a few inches above the top of the dam. The water was moderately brown and slightly cloudy in the central lower lake, but appeared more murky around some shoreline and shallow flats hydrilla.

A mix of sizes of crappie were scattered on mid-depth wood cover and were hitting live minnows, tubes, and Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro curlytail grubs. A mix of sizes of bluegill and shellcrackers were scattered on some shorelines, along a few weedwalls, and near some mid-depth wood cover in the main lake and were hitting flies (especially black or brown wet flies and nymphs), small tubes and jigs, small spoons, and live worms. A few bass were on flats and shorelines in the main lake and on mid-depth wood cover, and were hitting flyrod bugs and topwaters near sunup and sundown and stick worms, spinnerbaits, and live minnows a bit later in the mornings and earlier in the afternoons.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Ellen and Scott Agner had 62 bluegill, 2 shellcrackers, 10 crappie, 1 yellow perch, 1 blue cat, and 1 bass. Capt. Bill Buck and Hollis Pruitt had 33 bluegill, 1 shellcracker, 23 crappie, 2 yellow perch (including a 13 inch citation), and 1 channel cat.