Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that
Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water was in the low to middle 80’s in
the lower region of the main lake and in the major creeks on Wednesday
(8/13/2025), but was warming from the top down, since temperatures at
depths of 10 feet or more were in the 70’s. The lake level was about 1
inch above the top of the dam. The water was medium brown, clear to
slightly murky in the upper 3 feet and murky below 3 feet due to an
apparent layer of suspended microscopic algae.

A few blue cats, channel cats, and bullheads were scattered on flats,
along drop-offs, and primarily in deeper regions of channels in the main
lake, but no large groups were observed. Small and medium crappies were
on wood cover near channel edges and were hitting minnows under bobbers
and occasionally hitting jigs. White perch were in loose schools
roaming flats and channel edges. A few bluegills and shellcrackers were
in creeks, but most were on shorelines and flats in the main lake. A
few scattered pickerel and bass were in creek channels or on main lake
flats and channel edges.