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 were in the mid to high 30’s in the lower lake and in the low to mid 40’s in the upper lake and major creeks on Wednesday (1/30/2013). The lake level was about eight inches above the top of the dam and dropping slowly. The water was brown and slightly cloudy in the lower lake. The lake was ice-free on Wednesday.

Bowfin, blue cats, medium crappie and a few large crappie were around bait schools in deeper channels and deep winter holes (about 18-25 foot depths) in the lower main lake and were hitting blade baits and live minnows. Small to mid-sized crappies and white perch in the channels and on deeper flats (7-12 foot depths) in the extreme upper end of the lake were hitting live minnows, small blade baits, Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro curlytail jigs, tubes, and small Gulp baits. Bass and pickerel were scattered on mid-depth and deep flats and channels in the main lake and were hitting live minnows, blade baits, and lipless crankbaits.