Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-514-1486) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water
temperatures were in the mid 40’s in the lower main lake and creeks on
Wednesday (3/21/2018), down since Monday and dropping further due to snow on
Wednesday. The lake level was 6 to 8 inches above the top of the dam and
rising. The water was light brown and slightly cloudy in the central lake.

Most blue cats and bullheads were on deeper flats, along drop-offs, and in
channels in the main lake and scattered in creeks, and were hitting live
minnows and cut bait. Some crappie were on drop-offs and in channels in the
main lake, especially near wood cover, while a few other crappie were in the
major creeks. Most crappie in the lower lake were relatively inactive, but
some crappie in the upper lake were more active. When active, crappie were
hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro curlytail jigs, small
tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, small swim baits, and blade baits. Yellow and
white perch were scattered or in loose aggregates on deeper flats,
drop-offs, and channels in the main lake and when active were hitting live
minnows, small swim baits, and small jigs. Most bluegill were along
drop-offs or in channels in the main lake and were mostly inactive, but
occasionally hitting small jigs, wet flies, Nikko nymphs, small swim baits,
and live worms. Many bass and pickerel were on deeper flats, along
drop-offs, or in channels in the main lake, while pickerel and a few bass
were in deeper channels and on flats in creeks. When active, bass and
pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms,
crank baits, jerk baits, blade baits, and jigs.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Pierre LaFrance and Joe Lariviere had 23 crappie,
4 white perch, 3 yellow perch, 3 pickerel, and 2 bass from two trips. Tom
Porter had 21 crappie, 4 white perch, 1 yellow perch, and 1 pickerel.