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
90’s in the central lower lake on Wednesday (7/5/2023), with water below
10 feet in the middle 70’s. The lake level was about even with 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 were moderately active, 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, Brian Dementi, Ben Harris, and Cole Pecram had
6 crappies, 20 white perch, and 2 largemouth bass. Cory Coltrain and
Jason Iseri had 15 crappies, 16 white perch, 1 bullhead, and 1
largemouth bass. Tom Porter had 40 bluegills, 1 shellcracker, 10
crappies, 1 yellow perch, and 1 largemouth bass.