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 70’s in the lower lake on Wednesday (10/02/2013). The lake level was about even with the top of the dam. The water was light brown and slightly cloudy in the central lower lake, but appeared more murky around some shoreline and shallow flats hydrilla beds.

A few small crappie were scattered on some shorelines, but a mix of sizes of crappie were scattered on mid-depth wood cover and a few channel edges 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 and on mid-depth wood cover in the main lake, 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, Mickey Cleveland had 18 bluegill, 14 crappie, 1 white perch, and 2 bass. Malcolm Turnbull had 51 bluegill and 2 bass. Carolyn Conway had 28 bluegill and 1 shellcracker. Capt. Bill Buck and Hollis Pruitt had 14 bluegill, 1 shellcracker, 15 crappie, 1 blue cat, 1 gar, and 3 bass.