Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that
Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures were in the middle
50’s in the lower lake and a little lower up the lake on Wednesday
(11/16/2022). The lake level was about two inches above the top of the
dam. The surface water was light brown and clear in the central lower
lake, with more cloudy water deeper, on windy shorelines, and in some
creeks. The cloudy layer below about 2 feet was less dark than it was
over the last several months.

A few small blue cats, channel cats, and bullheads were scattered on
flats, along drop-offs, and in channels in the main lake, and when
active were hitting live minnows and cut bait. A mixture of sizes of
crappie were on deeper flats or in channels in the main lake and were
slightly to moderately active. Active crappie were hitting live minnows
best, but were also occasionally hitting tubes, curly tail grubs, small
swim baits, and small blade baits. White perch were scattered or in
loose aggregates on deep flats, channel edges, and in channels in the
main lake, and when active were hitting small live minnows, swim baits,
and small blade baits. Most bluegill and shellcracker were in channels
in the main lake and were not very active. Pickerel and bass were in
creeks and around cypress trees, on deeper flats and channel edges, and
in channels in the main lake. When active, bass and pickerel were
hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, crank
baits, and jerk baits.

Fishing with Art Conway, Karen Anderson had 4 crappie, 7 white perch,
and 2 largemouth bass. Mike Thomas and Jason Iseri had 8 crappie, 18
white perch, 1 bullhead, and 1 pickerel. Tom Porter had 15 crappie and
3 white perch.