Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-746-2475) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day main lake water temperatures had risen back into the high 40’s to low 50’s by Wednesday (11/14/2012). The lake level was approximately 6 inches above the top of the dam. The water was light brown and clear in the lower lake. Most of the floating hydrilla mats in the main lake were gone, and many of the hydrilla mats in the major creeks had broken loose and were drifting.

Blue cats were hitting live minnows and were around bait schools in channels in the main lake. Active crappie were along the edges of the channels or on deep flats near channels (about 10-12 foot depths) in the main lake and were hitting live minnows, blade baits, Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro curlytail jigs and tubes. Bass, pickerel, and bowfin were scattered in mid-depths in the main lake. Bass were hitting live minnows, soft plastic stick baits, crank baits, and plastic worms.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Mickey Cleveland had 11 crappie, 1 bowfin, and 1 bass. Tom Porter and Malcolm Turnbull had 25 crappie and 1 shad. Capt. Bill Buck had 16 crappie, 5 white perch, and 1 blue cat. Capt. Bill Buck and Hollis Pruitt had 17 crappie, 2 white perch, 1 blue cat, and 4 bass.