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.