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
80’s to low 90’s in the central lower lake on Wednesday (7/12/2023),
with water below 10 feet in the middle to upper 70’s. The lake level
was a few inches above the top of the dam. The water was light brown
and moderately cloudy at the surface in the central lower lake, and 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 were slightly to moderately active,
mostly 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 bluegills 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, Barbe Shaffer and Mickey Wilmouth had 5
crappies and 10 white perch. Tom Porter had 13 bluegills, 6 crappies,
and 1 yellow perch.