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 50’s in the main lake and the mid 50’s in the major creeks on Wednesday (3/25/2015). The lake level was about six inches above the top of the dam. The water was light to moderately brown and very slightly cloudy in the lower lake.

Blue cats were scattered throughout the lake and creeks and were hitting live minnows. Crappies were in the major creeks in moderate numbers scattered along the channels and beginning to aggregate near spawning areas. Crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, small swim baits, and small suspending jerk baits. Trolling tubes, curlytail jigs, or live minnows in channels has been an effective method of locating crappie in the creeks. Some bass and pickerel have been in channels and on lily pad flats in the creeks and in shallow bays in the main lake and have been hitting live minnows, suspending jerk baits, swim baits, and jigs.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Capt. Bill Buck had 12 crappie and 2 pickerel.