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 80'a in the lower lake and up some of the creeks on Wednesday. The lake level was a few inches below the top of the dam and the water was heavily stained but not muddy in the lower lake.
Small and a few medium bluegill were scattered along parts of the lake shoreline. Larger bluegill, shellcrackers, white perch, blue cats, channel cats, and a few crappie were scattered on flats and along the outer edges of flats. 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, perch, and crappie.
Bass have been along the outer edges of weedbeds in the main lake and have been hitting soft jerkbaits and stickbaits. Fishing with Capt. Conway, Hollis Pruitt and Malcolm Turnbull had 32 bluegill, 4 crappie, 1 warmouth, 1 channel cat, and 7 bass.