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-40’s in the central lower lake on Wednesday (11/29/2023). The lake
level was slightly above 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. A few
small to medium crappies were on wood cover on deep flats and on channel
edges in the main lake. Other crappies were in deeper areas in
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 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. Some pickerel and largemouth bass were on flats and on channel
edges in the main lake. When active, bass and pickerel were hitting
live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, crank baits, and
jerk baits.

Fishing with Art Conway, Tom Porter and Sandra Rothrock had 2 bluegills,
18 crappies, 1 bowfin, and 1 largemouth bass.