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 water
temperatures were in the low to mid 70’s in the lower lake and in the high
70’s up the major creeks on Wednesday. The lake level had dropped to near
the top of the dam over the weekend, but rose to a foot above the top of the
dam as a result of the heavy rain Tuesday night. The water was quite dark
but was not cloudy or muddy in the lower lake. Small and a few medium
bluegill were scattered along parts of the lake shoreline and up some of the
creeks. Larger bluegill, shellcrackers, blue cats, channel cats, and
crappie were scattered over the deeper flats and were primarily along the
outer edges of the flats, especially on wood cover. Wright Bait Co. and
Southern Pro one and two inch curly tail grubs, tubes, small swim baits,
roadrunners, Kalin crappie scrubs, worms, and live minnows have been the
most effective baits for bluegill and crappie. Small bass were widely
scattered around much of the lake, especially in deeper areas up some of the
creeks. Fishing with Capt. Conway, Capt. Bill Buck had 41 bluegill, 8
crappie, and 2 bass.