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 low
80’s in the central lower lake on Wednesday (6/28/2023), with water
below 10 feet in the middle 70’s. The lake level was about 3 inches
above the top of the dam. The water was light brown and very slightly
cloudy at the surface in the central lower lake, but had a much more
cloudy layer below about 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, but were not very
active, occasionally hitting live minnows, 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 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, Sandra Rothrock had 31 bluegills, 1
shellcracker, 2 crappies, 6 white perch, 2 yellow perch, and 1
largemouth bass.