Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service (804-514-1486) out of
Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that Chickahominy Lake mid-day water
temperatures were in the high 30’s to low 40’s in the main lake and in the
major creeks on Wednesday (12/13/2017), which is approximately a 10 degree
drop since 12/6/2017. The lake level was about even with the top of the
dam. The water was light brown and very slightly cloudy in the central
lower lake, with more murky water along some downwind shorelines.

Most blue cats and bullheads were on deeper flats, along drop-offs, and in
channels in the main lake and scattered in creeks, and were hitting live
minnows and cut bait. Most crappie were on drop-offs and in channels in the
main lake, especially near wood cover. Crappie activity had dropped since
last week, but when active, crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait
Co. and Southern Pro curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs,
small swim baits, and blade baits. Yellow and white perch were scattered or
in loose aggregates on deeper flats, drop-offs, and channels in the main
lake and were hitting live minnows, small swim baits, and small jigs. Most
bluegill were along drop-offs or in channels in the main lake and were
occasionally hitting small jigs, wet flies, Nikko nymphs, small swim baits,
and live worms. Many bass and pickerel were on deeper flats, along
drop-offs, or in channels in the main lake. When active, bass and pickerel
were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, crank
baits, jerk baits, blade baits, and jigs.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Tom Porter had 5 crappie, 14 white perch, and 2
bass.