Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that
on Wednesday May 27 Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water
temperatures in the lower lake were in the middle 70’s. The lake level
was about 8 inches above 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 crappies were on main lake
channel-edge wood cover, especially near creek mouths. Moderate numbers
of bluegills and shellcrackers were in some creeks and on main lake
shoreline flats associated with traditional spawning areas. A few
scattered pickerel and bass have been in creek channels and channel edge
flats.

Tom Porter and I caught 21 bluegills, 1 shellcracker, and 4 crappies.