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 mid 60’s to low 70’s in the lower lake and up the major creeks on Wednesday (10/16/2013). The lake level was about a foot over the top of the dam. The water was light brown and very slightly cloudy in the central lower lake.

A few small crappie were scattered on some shorelines, and a mix of sizes of crappie were scattered in creek channels, on main lake mid-depth wood cover, and on a few main lake channel edges and were hitting live minnows, tubes, Trout Magnets, and Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro curlytail grubs. A mix of sizes of bluegill and shellcrackers were scattered along a few weedwalls in some of the creeks and on some shorelines 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 and pickerel were in the major creeks and on flats and shorelines and on mid-depth wood cover in the main lake, and were hitting flyrod bugs and topwaters, stick worms, soft jerk baits, spinnerbaits, and live minnows.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Terry Rivers had 20 bluegill, 1 flier, 5 crappie, 1 yellow perch, and 2 roach minnows. Capt. Bill Buck and Hollis Pruitt had 35 bluegill, 1 shellcracker, 29 crappie, 2 yellow perch, 4 roach minnows, 1 pickerel, and 1 bass.