Category: Fishing Reports

Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait LLc
Chickahominy Lake
Fishing Report
Water level normal and clear. Water temperature fluctuates between 46-52. Fishing excellent for bass pickerel, catfish and bowfin. Best results on live minnows, jerk baits and jigs.

Notable catches

Jim Massie 12 channel cats, 3 citations over 10 lbs
Bobby Harlow 12 bass 6.5 Big Fish and 18 lb bag
Vic Riveras 4 bass and 4 pickerel
Danny Gratton and Scott Smith 12 bass and 15 lb bag
David Stone 7.2 lb bass
William Allen and Mike Martinez 19.3 lb bag, 1st place in the December 10 tournament 5.5 lb big fish
Branson Tuma and Chris Roberts 18.5 lb bag and 1st place in the December 3 tournament 6.5 lb big fish William Allen 5 lb bass pier
Marc REynolds 5.5 lb bass pier
Bobby Harlow and Arik Johnson 15 lb bag
Marc Acton 16 fish on xl minnows, 5 bass(17 lbs), 10 lb cat fish, 6 bowfin

* next open tournament on Saturday January 7, 2016 from 8-4

* 430 bass over 5 lb checked in during 2016

Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait LLC
Chickahominy Lake
Fishing Report

Water level normal and clear. Water temperature in the low 50’s. Fishing pressure light. Fishing excellent for bass, pickerel, bow fin, catfish and crappie. Bass are being caught in a variety of ways including jerkbaits, jigs, and crankbaits in water depths as shallow as 4ft and as deep of 8ft of water. Big fish of the week was a 7.9 lb by William Allen. Pickerel are being caught on spinner baits and minnows with several in the 3lb range reported. Rental boat fishermen have reported good catches of bass, bowfin, pickerel, and catfish on XL minnows. Crappie are being found in 8-10ft of water on small minnows. James Mason caught 75, keeping a 25 limit that averaged over 1 lb each.

*432 bass over 5 lb reported this year
*Dec 10 next tournament 8am-4pm

Tournament update:
Tuma/Roberts team captured the 6th winter series tournament ton Dec 3 with a bag of 18.8 lb bag 3 Anglers have already qualified for the winter classic on Feb 4 14 different anglers have won money so far in the winter series

Notable Catches

Sam Yates and Marvin Mayor 19.5 lb bag 5.5 and 5.0 lb big fish Hector Martinez and Sam Yates 16.5 lb bag
Paul Shattuck 6 bass and 14 pickerel, 5.0 lb bass
William Allen 7.9 lb bass
Vic Riveras 6 bass
Mark Acton 7 bowfin tp 10 lbs, 3 lb pickerel
Mark Jaworski 12 lb bag, 5.5 lb big fish
Bronson Tuma and Ben Roberts 18.8 lb bag, 6.3 lb big fish amd 5.5 lb big fish Paul Bruck and Todd Ramir 12 lb bag and 5 lb big fish

Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait LLC
Chickahominy Lake
Fishing Report

Water temperature in the mid to upper 50’s and clear. Lake level slightly low. Fishing pressure is light, but results for bass, crappie, pickerel and bowfin are excellent. Several strings of crappie reported on minnows in 8-12 ft of water. Nice catches of bass, pickerel, bowfin and cat fish have also been reported. Large and extra large minnows seem to be the best choice of with several nice bass checked in with soft plastics.

Notable Catches
Paul Shattuck 7 bass, 3 pickerel, 12 lb bag
William Allen 7.67 lb bass
Jay Tate 10 Bass, 16lb bag, 5.5 lb bass
Mark Acton 7 bowfin, 4 bass, 3 pickerel, on XL minnows
Boby Harlow 7 bass 14 lb bag
Jay Griffin and Bubba Whitehurst 13.7 lb bag, 4.5 lb bass
Paul Shattuck 14 lb bag
Branson Tuma and Chris Roberts 10.6 lb bag

Next Open Tournament on Saturday December 3 at 8 am

Ed Allens Boats and Bait
Chickahominy Lake
Fishing Report

Water level normal and clear. Water temperature in low 60’s. Fishing is excellent for bass, pickerel, bowfin and catfish. Bass hitting top water, shallow crank baits, senkos, and spinner baits in 2 to 8 ft of water. Bowfin, pickerel and catfish are being taken on large and extra large minnows. Bluegills and shell crackers are still hitting on red worms and fly rod poppers.

*18 bass so far in October over 5 lbs. 385 for the year over 5lbs.

*9 boats particpated in 1st winter series tournament on Sunday. 8 of 9 boats had 5 fish limit. 7 of 9 boats had 9lbs or better.

* 1st place Caldwell/Caldwell 12.9 lb
2nd place Griffin/Kline 12.3 lb
3rd place Tuna/Roberts 12.0 lb
Big Fish Tyler Caldwell 5.6 lb

* Next Winter Series Tournament Sunday October 23 from 7:30-3:30

Noatable Catches

Calvin Yarbrough 6 lb bass
John Mansini 4 bass 13 lb bag and 5 lb bass
Eddie Poole citation bluegill
Gene Pikkin 12 bass
JD Barnes 7.3 lb, 6lb bass
Andrew Scott 17 bass and 16 lb bag
Harlow Isbell 17 lb bag and 6 lb bass
Doug Wilkins 25 Crappie
Tyler Caldwell 5.7 lb bass

Ed Allens Boats and Bait
Chickahominy Lake
Fishing Report

Water level slightly high and clear. Water temperature in the mid 70’s. Fishing pressure light due to heavy rains and northeastern winds. The inclement weather has given the locals more opportunity to fish and the results have been excellent with 15 bass over 5 lbs and several bass over 4 lbs reported over the week.

Notable catches
Ed Allen 5 lb bass and 16 lb bag
Brock Ward 12 lb bag nad 3.5 lb pickerel
Jimi Miller 38lb cat fish
Doug Wilkins and Mo Mitchell 50 crappie
Ed Allen 14 lb bag and 5 lb bass fly rod
Mike Martinez 15 lb bag 5 lb bass
Mike Short 15 lb bag 6.5 lb bass
Ed Allen and Jimi Miller 15 lb bag and 5 lb bass
Paul Shattuck 12 lb bag and 4 lb bass
Dave Meader 17 lb bag and 5 lb bass
Don Knapp 5 lb bass
Paula Sykes 4 lb chain pickerel
JohnJohn Knoetz 12 lb gar
Walt Shattuck 19 lb bag 5.5 lb bass
Mark Atkins 10 lb bowfin 8 lb cat fish on pier
Ed Allen 18lb bag and 5.5 and 5 lb bass
Brock Ward 14 lb bag 4.5 lb bass
Ed Allen and Jimi Miller 20 bass 16 lb bass 5 bass
Ed Allen Fred Fred Balmer 16 lb bag and 5.25 lb bass
Ed Allen 13 lb bag and 4 lb bass

Open Tournament on Sunday on September from 6:30 – 2:30 Last chance to qualify

Ed Allen’s Boats and Bait
Chickahominy Lake
Fishing Report

Lake level normal and clear. Water temperature in low to mid 80’s. Bass action still good on same patterns; crank bait and soft plastic in 8-10 ft of water on frogs and senkos in the weed beds. 16 bass this week over 5 lbs and 340 for the year. Large Bowfin and catfish being reported on XL minnows with nice catches of bluegill and shell crackers being caught on red worms and night crawlers in 1.5 to 2 ft of water. One angler boated 50 crappie to 14″ on minnows in 5-9 ft of water.

Notable Catches
Andrew Scott 12 bass to 4 lbs and 12 lb bag
Ed Allen 12 lb bag and 20 lb bag, big fish 6.5 ad 5.5 lbs on fly rod Mike Martinez 18 lb bag 6.25lb bass
Harrison Baker 5 bass 5 bowfin
Eddie Kavicki 6 lb bass
Jimi Miller 5 lbs bass
Paul Shattuck 6 lb bass
Patrick Jarrell 5.5 lb bass
Jed Dickerson 5 lb bass
Neil Willis 5 lb bass
Mark Mudler 5 lb bass
Merk Neilson 28 lb catfish

Last Reular Tournament scheduled open Tournament on Sunday September 25 from 6:30 to 2:30

Lake level slightly low and clear. Water temp in the mid 80s. Fishing pressure light. Fishing has moved into the summer patterns. Fish have moved into deeper waters away from the thick grass. Fisherman have been having succses with jigs and cranke baits in deeper water and frogs and senkos in the shalow. there has been good bites in the early morning and late afternoon. 14 bass over 5lb which brings the monthly total to 45lb anto 280lbs. Bowfin and catfish hitting on Xl minnow and crappie hitting small in brush piles. Blue gills hitting really well on crickets in 4ft of water

Notable catches

Mike martinez-5.4 5.2 bass
Riley terret-)12 bass 2bowfin
Matt Aceree-)
Terrence Ball-5lb bass
Mike Martinez-18lb bag 6lb big fish
Bubba Isebell-15lb bag 5lb big fish
Hector Martinez- 6lb bass
John Moon Jiam- 5.5lb bass
John Mansinni- 14lb bag
Nick Bailes- 5lb bass
Garret Gouge-5lb bass

Chickahomny lake
fishing report
Ed Allens

Water level is normal and fairly clear. Water temp in mid and upper 70s. Bass over 5lb with a total of 54. Bass are still hitting in the early morning and late afternoon. Senkos and frogs are the best for bass. pickeral and bowfins are hitting well on minnows. Catfish at 15 pounds are hitting on xl minnows, shad, and eels. crappie found well on bush pills at 8-12 ft of water and are hitting on small and mid minnows.blue gills are hitting in crickets and red wigglers. Some fish are still on the beds but some have been found moving into deeper water

Ed Allen

Chickahomny lake
fishing report
Ed Allens
Notable catches

Harrism Baker)
Garret Guage) 10.5 bag
Bobby harlow)
Bubba Isbell) 14.2 bag 5.1 BF
Bill Thomas 6lb off pier
Joe Ramsey linit blue gill
jesse hughes 13lb bag
brock ward)
steve carter) 7 bass, 4 bowfin, and a 10lb bowfin
Bill Darden 15lb bag
Steve carter limit blue gill
Brock Ward 16lb bag 6lb BF
ken hughes)
bill huges) 22 bess 17lb bag 5lb bass
mo mitchell)
doug wilkins) 25 crappie
matt acrea 6lb bass
don holtz 7bass 2 bowfin
ryan cratten 18 bass 16lb bag 5.5 BF
James pernel 25 shell crackers
jim roaodes 18lb bad 6.5 BF

lake level is normal and clear. Water tremp is mid to upper 70s. Fishing is excellent with a few bass, pirch, catfish, bow fin, and bluegill. Bass over 5lb repeated which brings this month total to 52lbs. large bow fins and bluegills are hitting very well on minnows and spinner baits. catfish over 12lbs are hitting one eels, minnows, and shad. Bluegills hitting on night crawlers and top water fly rod baits.

Open bass tournaments on Sunday 6/26 from 2:00 pm to 8:45 pm

notable catches
Brock ward 5 bas 15 pound bass
john barry)
bill mayes) 50 bluegill
bobby harlow 20lb bass 16 pound bag
jimmy miller 10 bass 14 pound bag
bill bowers 10 bass 12lb bass
brock ward 16 bass 15lb bag
bubba isbell 8 bass 18lb bag
mike short 8 bass 16lb bag
lori lussier 5.5lb bass
tyler roberson 20 catfish 12lb
brock ward 10 bass 10lb
bubba hilard 5 bass
jimmy rick) 18lb bag 5.2 big fish
bill johnson)
brad webb 5.1 bass
brock ward 10 bas 15 lb bag
ben marshall)
bill james) 73 blugills