Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that
on Wednesday September 30, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water
temperatures in the lower lake were in the low to middle 70’s. Below 5
feet from the surface, the water was in the upper 60s. The lake level
was about 5 inches above the top of the dam. The water was medium brown,
clear to slightly cloudy 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. Moderate numbers of crappies were
on main lake channel-edge wood cover, especially near creek mouths. A
very few bluegills and shellcrackers were in scattered patches on main
lake shoreline flats, especially near deeper water. A few bass have
been on channel edge flats, and on channel-edge brush piles.

Shallows in many areas in creeks and in some main lake areas were
difficult to fish due to numerous clumps of filamentous algae floating
at or near the surface. Many areas had similar algae coating the
bottom. Shallower areas in most creeks and unshaded shallow main lake
shoreline flats are filled with hydrilla reaching to the surface.

For bluegills, red wiggler worms under a bobber on spinning rods and
dragonfly nymph wet flies on fly rods have both been effective. For
crappies, small minnows under bobbers have been most effective.

Tom Porter, Sandra Rothrock, and Art Conway had 13 bluegills and 23
crappies.