Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that
on Thursday June 11, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water
temperatures in the lower lake were in the middle 80’s. The lake level
was about even with 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 2 or 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.

Shallows in many areas in creeks and in some main lake areas were
becoming difficult to fish due to numerous clumps of filamentous algae
floating at or near the surface.

Alice Anne Potts and her Mom and I caught 40 bluegills, 1 shellcracker,
1 yellow perch, and 2 nice largemouth bass while fishing several
shoreline areas in the main lake. Red wiggler worms under a bobber on
spinning rods and dragonfly nymph wet flies on fly rods were equally
effective.