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 to high 50’s in the major creeks on Wednesday (4/1/2015). The lake level was a few inches above the top of the dam. The water was light to moderately brown and slightly cloudy in the lower lake.

Blue cats were scattered throughout the lake and creeks and were hitting live minnows. Crappies were in several different patterns and did not appear to be biting very aggressively since the cold front last week. Some crappie were on shallow to mid-depth wood cover. A few crappie were in the major creeks scattered along the channels and beginning to aggregate near spawning areas. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, small swim baits, and small suspending jerk baits. Some very nice yellow perch were in loose aggregates in some creeks and hitting live minnows and small jigs. 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, Tom Porter had 4 crappie, 2 yellow perch, 3 bass, 1 pickerel, 1 bowfin, and 1 gizzard shad.