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
mid-50’s in the central lower lake on Wednesday (11/15/2023). The lake
level was slightly below the top of the dam. The water was light brown,
clear in the top 2 feet, slightly cloudy for the next foot, and much
more 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. Some
small to medium crappies were on wood cover on deep flats and on channel
edges in the main lake. Other crappies were moving into channels.
Crappies were slightly to moderately active, hitting live minnows and
Gulp minnows and occasionally hitting tubes, curly tail grubs, small
swim baits, and wet flies. White perch and a few 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. Small bluegills were in channels and hitting small Gulp baits on
dropshot rigs. Larger bluegills were near channel edge brushpiles and
would hit small Gulp baits on dropshot rigs or live worms on deep slip
bobber rigs. 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 near mouths
of 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, David Ross had 27 bluegills, 12 crappies, and 1
white perch. Scott Jackson and Matt Umlauf had 17 bluegills, 8
crappies, 8 white perch, 1 bowfin, 1 blue cat, 1 bullhead, and 3
largemouth bass.