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 40’s in the lower main lake and slightly lower
in the major creeks and upper mail lake on Wednesday (3/14/2018). The lake
level was about an inch above the top of the dam. The water was light 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 a few other crappie were in the
major creeks. Most crappie in the lower lake were inactive, but some crappie
in the upper lake were more active. 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, Hugh Kent had 68 crappie, 4 white perch, 1 yellow
perch, and 1 bluegill. Grant Odell and Greg Metcalf had 39 crappie and 4
white perch. Pam and Ed Ledzinski had 29 crappie and 1 bass. Tom Porter
had 9 crappie, 1 white perch, and 1 largemouth bass.