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
to upper 80’s in the central lower lake on Tuesday (8/9/2023), with
water below 5 feet in the lower 80’s. The lake level was about 2 inches
above the top of the dam. The water was light brown, clear in the top 1
foot, moderately cloudy for the next foot, 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. Many bluegills and a few shellcrackers were on
main lake shorelines and flats 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, Garry Kwist had 23 bluegills, 1 shellcracker, 1
crappie, 1 white perch, 1 yellow perch, 1 blue cat, and 4 largemouth
bass, all on fly rods. Paul Harris had 1 bluegill, 9 crappies, 2 white
perch, 1 blue cat, and 1 longnose gar. Tom Porter had 29 bluegills, 6
shellcrackers, 10 crappies, 4 white perch, and 5 largemouth bass.