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 mid 50’s in the main lake and slightly higher in
the major creeks on Wednesday (2/28/2018). The lake level was about even
with the top of the dam. The water was light to medium brown and slightly
to moderately cloudy in the central lake.

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. Some crappie were on drop-offs and in channels in the
main lake, especially near wood cover, while other crappie were in the
channels and around shoreline vegetation in the major creeks. Crappie
activity was moderate, and 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 when active 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 mostly inactive, but 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, while pickerel and a few bass were in deeper channels and on flats in
creeks. 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 15 crappie, 1 pickerel, and 1
largemouth bass.