Weekly fishing reports provided by Capt. Art Conway of Conway’s River Rat Guide Service, launching from Ed Allen’s Campground & Cottages and Ed Allen’s Boats & Bait, on Chickahominy Lake in Lanexa, Virginia.
Author Jack Trammell spent the past three years on the river researching its incredible past and uncertain future. Drawing on old letters, photographs, and the still extant memories of lifelong watermen like Captains Bill Buck Jr. and Art Conway, he weaves a fascinating narrative of this river community.
Capt. Conway keeps a trailer at Ed Allen’s Campground and stays there most weekends. On weekends he can be reached by cell phone at 804-514-1486. He can be reached at home during the week by telephone at 804-746-2475 or by email at caconway@vcu.org.
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday October 28, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the low 60’s. The lake level was about 3 inches above the … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday October 21, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the low to mid 60’s, a decrease of about 10 degrees since … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday October 14, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the mid to upper 70’s. Below 5 feet from the surface, the … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday October 7, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the low 70’s. Below 5 feet from the surface, the water was … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday September 30, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the low to middle 70’s. Below 5 feet from the surface, the … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday September 23, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the middle 70’s. The lake level was about one foot above the … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday September 16, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the lower 80’s. Depths from 5 feet to the bottom were in … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday September 9, Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the lower 80’s. The lake level was about an inch above the … More