Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that
Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water was in the upper 70’s to low
80’s in the lower region of the main lake and in the major creeks on
Wednesday (8/27/2025), and had mixed recently since morning temperatures
at all depths were in the upper 70’s. The lake level was about 3 inches
above the top of the dam. The water was light 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. Fishing had slowed dramatically with the
unstable weather last week, but should pick up with the more stable
conditions this week.

Fishing with Art Conway, Brian and Wayne Dementi caught 1 bluegill, 3
crappies and 1 blue cat. Sandra Rothrock and Tom Porter caught 11
bluegills, 1 shellcracker, 1 crappie, and 2 white perch.