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 high 40’s in the lower lake and in the lower 40’s
in the upper lake on Wednesday. The lake level was over a foot above the
top of the dam. The water was dark but not cloudy or muddy in the lower
lake. Crappie were scattered over the mid-depth channels throughout the
lake and were hitting Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro one and two inch
curly tail grubs, tubes, blade baits, and live minnows. Fishing with Capt.
Conway, Capt. Bill Buck had 18 crappie. Malcolm Turnbull had 13 crappie.
Hollis Pruitt had 45 crappie and 3 bass.