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 50’s in the lower main lake and the mid to high 50’s in the major creeks on Wednesday (3/9/2016). The lake level was a few inches above the top of the dam. The water was medium brown and slightly cloudy in the central lower lake.
Some blue cats and a few bullheads were still in channels and winter holes, but others had moved onto flats and into creeks. Cats were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Crappie action was picking up as loose aggregates migrated into major creeks. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits. Small to medium yellow perch were scattered or in loose aggregates on some main lake flats and in channels and were hitting live minnows, small drop shot baits, and small jigs. Some bass, pickerel, and bowfin were along drop-offs and in the backs of major creeks and were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, crank baits, jerk baits, and jigs.
Fishing with Capt. Conway, Malcolm Turnbull had 5 crappie and 1 gizzard shad. Charlie Fasano and Kyrie and Michael Jones had 3 crappie, 8 yellow perch, 8 white perch, and 2 blue cats. Pierre and Alexandre LaFrance had 8 crappie.