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 70’s to low 80’s in the main lake and up the creeks on Wednesday (08/27/2014). The lake level was a few inches above the top of the dam. The water was light brown and slightly to moderately cloudy in the central lower lake and somewhat more clear up some of the major creeks.

Blue cats were scattered throughout the lake and up the creeks. Crappie were scattered on mid-depth wood cover and on channel edges, and when active were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, and swim baits. Yellow perch were scattered on shorelines and hydrilla flats in the main lake and up some creeks and were hitting small jigs. A few small bluegill and shellcracker were widely scattered along main lake shorelines and on hydrilla flats, but most larger bluegill were around mid-depth wood cover or along channel edges. Bluegill and shellcracker were hitting live worms and crickets, flies, small tubes, small Gulp baits, small spoons, and 1 inch dark Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs. Fliers were scattered in the creek channels and were hitting live minnows and small jigs. Bass were next to shoreline vegetation and on grass flats and wood cover in the main lake and up some creeks and were hitting frogs and toads, stick worms, creature baits, and live minnows. Pickerel were scattered in the creeks and main lake and hitting stick worms, spinnerbaits and live minnows.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Terry Rivers had 53 bluegill, 1 shellcracker, 2 yellow perch, and 5 roach minnows. Carolyn Conway had 27 bluegill and 1 shellcracker. Capt. Bill Buck and Tom Porter had 10 bluegill, 4 crappie, and 1 bass.