Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that
on Wednesday May 13 Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water
temperatures in the lower lake were in the lower 70’s. The lake level
was about 1 to 2 inches below the top of the dam. The water was medium
brown, clear from the surface to about 1 foot, but much more murky for
several feet below 3 feet, apparently due to an algal layer.

A few blue cats, channel cats, and bullheads were scattered in deeper
regions of channels in the main lake, but some were also in some creeks
and on flats. Moderate numbers of crappie were on main lake
channel-edge wood cover, especially near creek mouths. Moderate numbers
of bluegills and shellcrackers were in some creeks and on some main lake
shoreline flats associated with traditional spawning areas. A few
scattered pickerel and bass have been in creek channels and channel edge
flats.

Bill Schultz caught 12 bluegills, 10 shellcrackers, and 1 largemouth
bass on red wigglers. Robert Thomas and Mike Snider caught 32
bluegills, 2 yellow perch, and 4 largemouth bass on flies.