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 surface
water temperatures were in the high 70’s on Wednesday (9/22/2021). The lake
level was about 3 inches above the top of the dam. The surface water was
dark brown and slightly cloudy in the central lower lake, with much more
cloudy water up the lake, on windy shorelines, and in some creeks.

A few small blue cats and bullheads were on flats, along drop-offs, and in
channels in the main lake, and when active, were hitting live minnows and
cut bait. Most crappie were near creek mouths, on flats, or on channel
edges in the main lake, frequently around deeper cypress trees, wood cover
such as brush piles, or near the dam. A few crappie were scattered on
shoreline flats in the main lake, especially early in the day. Active
crappie were hitting live minnows, tubes, curly tail grubs, and small swim
baits. White and yellow perch were scattered or in loose aggregates on flats
and channel edges in the main lake, and when active were hitting small live
minnows, swim baits, and jigs. A few bluegill, shellcracker, and flier were
in creeks and on main lake shorelines and flats, with most larger fish on
flats somewhat away from the shoreline or on channel edges. Bluegill and
shellcracker were hitting live worms, wet flies, Nikko nymphs, Wright Bait
Co. 1-inch curly tail grubs, and small swimbaits. Pickerel and bass were in
creeks and around cypress trees, on flats, and on channel edges in the main
lake. When active, bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows,
spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, crank baits, jerk baits, jigs, and
topwater baits.