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 April 29 Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the middle to upper 60’s. The lake level was about 2 inches … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday April 22 Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the middle to upper 60’s. The lake level was about even with … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday April 15 Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the lower to middle 70’s. The lake level was about an inch … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday April 8 Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the middle 60’s. The lake level was about even with the top … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday April 1 Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the middle 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 March 25 Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake were in the upper 50’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 March 11 Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake varied extensively. The surface temperature in the channel in the lower end of the … More
Art Conway (804-514-1486) out of Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait reported that on Wednesday March 4,Chickahominy Lake mid-day surface water temperatures in the lower lake varied extensively. The surface of the channel was 50.4 degrees F, but the surface at … More