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 high
60’s to low 70’s in the central lower lake on Wednesday (5/31/2023).
The lake level was about 3 inches above the top of the dam. The water
was medium brown and clear at the surface in the central lower lake, but
had a much more cloudy layer below 2 feet in many areas of the lake.

A few small blue cats, channel cats, and bullheads were scattered on
flats, along drop-offs, and in channels in the main lake and in some
creeks, and when active were hitting live minnows and cut bait. A
mixture of sizes of crappie were on wood cover on deep flats and on
channel edges in the main lake and a few creeks and were moderately
active, hitting live minnows moderately well, but also occasionally
hitting tubes, curly tail grubs, small swim baits, small Gulp minnows,
and wet flies. White and yellow perch were scattered or in loose
aggregates on deep flats, channel edges, and in channels in the main
lake and in a few creeks, and when active were hitting small baits
including live minnows, Gulp minnows, and swim baits. Some bluegill
were scattered in creeks and on main lake shorelines and were moderately
active, hitting wet flies and live worms. Some really nice
shellcrackers have occasionally been in some creeks and in some
locations in the main lake for the past several weeks. Some pickerel
and largemouth bass were around cypress trees, on flats, and on channel
edges in the main lake. Other bass and pickerel were in channels, on
flats, or near shoreline cover in major creeks. When active, bass and
pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick
worms, crank baits, and jerk baits.

Fishing with Art Conway, Jason Kremer had 41 bluegills, 2 yellow perch,
and 1 white perch, all on fly rods. Jack and Dave Pong had 51
bluegills, 2 shellcrackers, 4 crappies, 3 yellow perch, and 2 largemouth
bass, all on fly rods. Ben Harris and Brian Dementi had 1 bluegill, 15
crappies, 2 white perch, and 1 largemouth bass. Robert Thomas and Dick
Chapman had 58 bluegills, 2 shellcrackers, 1 crappie, 6 yellow perch,
and 3 largemouth bass, all on fly rods. Sandra Rothrock had 21
bluegills, 1 shellcracker, 13 crappies, 2 white perch, 1 yellow perch, 1
bowfin, and 1 largemouth bass.