Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that
Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water was in the low 40’s in the lower
region of the main lake on Wednesday (1/7/2026). The lake level was
about an inch above the top of the dam. The water was light brown and
clear in the top 2 feet, but more murky for several feet below 2 feet,
apparently due to an algal layer.

A few blue cats, channel cats, and bullheads have been scattered on
flats, along drop-offs, and in deeper regions of channels in the main
lake. Most crappies had moved to channel basins, and most have
subsequentially moved to the traditional winter holes. White perch have
been in schools roaming channels, especially at the upper end of the
lake. Most bluegills and shellcrackers have been in channel basins, and
were not very active today. A few scattered pickerel and bass are
occasionally in creek channels near creek mouths or on main lake flats
and channel edges, but many have moved deeper.