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
80’s in the central lower lake on Wednesday (7/19/2023), with water
below 10 feet in the upper 70’s. The lake level was a few inches above
the top of the dam. The water was light brown, clear in the top I foot,
moderately cloudy for the next several feet, and quite cloudy for the
next several feet in the central lower 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, Bill Marley and Dennis York had 2 bluegills, 12
crappies, 4 white perch, and 2 largemouth bass. Noah Gwizdala,
Cassandra Gwizdala, and Brian Dementi had 1 bluegill, 10 crappies, and 8
white perch. Tom Porter had 21 bluegills, 1 white perch, and 2
largemouth bass.