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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 high 50’s in the main lake on Wednesday (10/28/2015). The lake level was slightly above the top of the dam. The water was light brown and very slightly cloudy in the central lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake, but were starting to move toward the channels, and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 9 to 14 feet, sometimes suspended, and frequently in the neighborhood of wood cover. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, small swim baits, jigging spoons, and blade baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake flats and on flats in creek mouths and were hitting live minnows, small jerk baits, and small jigs. Most bluegill and shellcracker had moved to the deep edges of hydrilla flats, to mid-depth wood cover, or into channel edges and were hitting live crickets and worms, small blade baits, tubes, and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, crank baits, jerk baits, and jigs, with some topwater action early and late on many days.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Tom Porter had 16 crappie, 2 yellow perch, 1 white perch, 2 blue cats, 1 pickerel, and 1 bass

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 high 50’s to low 60’s in the main lake on Wednesday (10/21/2015). The lake level was about even with the top of the dam. The water was medium brown and very slightly cloudy in the central lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake, but were starting to move toward the channels, and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet, sometimes suspended, and frequently in the neighborhood of wood cover. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, small swim baits, jigging spoons, and blade baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and on flats in creek mouths and were hitting live minnows, small jerk baits, and small jigs. Although most bluegill had moved to mid-depth wood cover or into channel edges, a few nice bluegill and shellcracker remained scattered along some shorelines, around cypress trees, and on weed flats just out from shorelines in the main lake. Bluegill and shellcracker were hitting live crickets and worms, small blade baits, tubes and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, crank baits, jerk baits, and jigs, with some topwater action early and late on many days.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Ross Alfonso and Ryan Ladd had 2 bluegill, 22 crappie, 1 white perch, and 1 pickerel. Tom Porter had 7 bluegill, 2 shellcracker, 15 crappie, and 1 white perch.

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 mid 60’s in the main lake on Wednesday (10/14/2015). The lake level was a few inches above the top of the dam. The water was dark brown and clear in the central lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake, especially on mid-depth flats, and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet, sometimes suspended, and frequently in the neighborhood of wood cover. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, small swim baits, jigging spoons, and blade baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and on flats in creek mouths and were hitting live minnows, small jerk baits, and small jigs. Although many bluegill had moved to mid-depths or into channels, moderate numbers of bluegill and shellcracker remained scattered along some shorelines, around cypress trees, and on weed flats just out from shorelines in the main lake. Bluegill and shellcracker were hitting live crickets and worms, flies, and small tubes and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, and jigs, with some topwater action early and late on many days.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Karen Anderson had 44 bluegill, 1 shellcracker, 2 yellow perch, and 1 roach minnow. Capt. Bill Buck and Tom Porter had 14 bluegill, 18 crappie, 6 white perch, 2 yellow perch, and 2 pickerel.

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 mid 60’s in the main lake on Wednesday (10/7/2015). The lake level was slightly less than a foot above the top of the dam and had been dropping since the weekend. The water was light brown and clear in the central lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet, and frequently in the neighborhood of wood cover. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and on flats in creek mouths and were hitting live minnows and small jigs. Moderate numbers of bluegill and shellcracker were scattered along shorelines, around cypress trees, and on weed flats just out from shorelines in the main lake. Bluegill and shellcracker were hitting live crickets and worms, flies, and small tubes and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, and jigs, with some topwater action early on many days.

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 mid 70’s in the main lake on Wednesday (9/30/2015). The lake level was a few inches above the top of the dam, but will probably rise with the predicted rain this weekend. The water was light brown and slightly cloudy in the lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet. A few crappie were scattered singly or in small schools on shallow to mid-depth cypress knees, wood cover, and shoreline weed beds in the main lake and in mouths of major creeks. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and were hitting live minnows and small jigs. Moderate numbers of bluegill and shellcracker were scattered along shorelines, around cypress trees, and just out from shorelines in the main lake. Many larger bluegill had moved out to mid-depths, especially around wood cover. Bluegill and shellcracker were hitting live crickets and worms, flies, and small tubes and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, and jigs, with some topwater action early on many days.

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 70’s in the main lake on Wednesday (9/23/2015). The lake level was about 4 inches above the top of the dam. The water was light brown and very slightly cloudy in the lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet. A few crappie were scattered singly or in small schools on shallow to mid-depth cypress knees, wood cover, and shoreline weed beds in the main lake and in mouths of major creeks. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and were hitting live minnows and small jigs. A few bluegill and shellcracker were in small loose aggregates scattered along shorelines, around cypress trees, and just out from shorelines in the main lake. Other larger bluegill had moved out to mid-depths, especially around wood cover. Bluegill and shellcracker were hitting live crickets and worms, flies, and small tubes and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, and jigs, with some topwater action early on many days.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Carolyn Conway had 35 bluegill, 2 shellcracker, 1 yellow perch, and 1 roach minnow.

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 high 70’s to low 80’s in the main lake on Wednesday (9/16/2015). The lake level was slightly above the top of the dam. The water was light brown and slightly cloudy in the lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet. A few crappie were scattered singly or in small schools on shallow to mid-depth cypress knees, wood cover, and shoreline weed beds in the main lake and in mouths of major creeks. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and were hitting live minnows and small jigs. A few bluegill and shellcrackers were in small loose aggregates scattered along shorelines, around cypress trees, and just out from shorelines in the main lake. Other larger bluegill had moved out to mid-depths, especially around wood cover. Bluegill and shellcrackers were hitting live crickets and worms, flies, and small tubes and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, and jigs, with some topwater action early on many days.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Carolyn Conway had 11 bluegill, 1 crappie, 1 yellow perch, 1 roach minnow, and 1 bass.

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 mid 80’s in the main lake on Wednesday (9/9/2015). The lake level was slightly above the top of the dam. The water was light brown and slightly cloudy in the lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet. A few crappie were scattered singly or in small schools on shallow to mid-depth cypress knees, wood cover, and shoreline weed beds in the main lake and in mouths of major creeks. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and were hitting live minnows and small jigs. Some nice bluegill and shellcracker along with numerous smaller bluegill were in small loose aggregates scattered along shorelines and cypress trees and just out from shorelines in the main lake and were hitting live crickets and worms, flies, and small tubes and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, and jigs, with some topwater action early on many days.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Doug and Olen Sutton had 6 crappie and 1 bass. Karen Anderson had 26 bluegill, 1 yellow perch, and 2 roach minnows. John Holland had 12 bluegill, 1 crappie, 1 roach minnow, 1 warmouth, and 1 bass. Carolyn Conway had 13 bluegill, 1 yellow perch, 1 roach minnow, and 2 bass. Capt. Bill Buck had 41 bluegill, 2 shellcracker, 2 roach minnows, 1 pickerel, and 4 bass.

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’s in the main lake on Wednesday (9/2/2015). The lake level was about even with the top of the dam. The water was light to moderately brown and slightly cloudy in the lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet. A few crappie were scattered singly or in small schools on shallow to mid-depth cypress knees, wood cover, and shoreline weed beds in the main lake and in mouths of major creeks. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and were hitting live minnows and small jigs. Some nice bluegill and shellcracker along with numerous smaller bluegill were in small loose aggregates and scattered along shorelines and cypress trees and just out from shorelines in the main lake and were hitting live crickets and worms, flies, and small tubes and jigs. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, and jigs, with some topwater action early on many days.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Tom Porter had 34 bluegill, 2 crappie, 1 yellow perch, 4 roach minnows, 1 blue cat, and 2 bass. Terry Rivers had 34 bluegill, 1 crappie, 3 roach minnows, and 1 bass. Capt. Bill Buck had 23 bluegill, 5 crappie, 1 gar, and 1 bass.

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 80’s in the main lake on Wednesday (8/26/2015). The lake level was about even with the top of the dam. The water was light to moderately brown and moderately cloudy in the lower lake.

Blue cats and a few bullheads were scattered throughout the lake and were hitting live minnows and cut bait. Moderate numbers of crappie were in loose schools in the main lake on deeper flats and channel edges, usually at depths of 6 to 12 feet. A few crappie were scattered singly or in small schools on shallow to mid-depth cypress knees, wood cover, and shoreline weed beds in the main lake and in mouths of major creeks. Active crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits. Some small to medium yellow perch were scattered on main lake shoreline flats and were hitting live minnows and small jigs. Some nice bluegill and shellcracker along with numerous smaller bluegill were in small loose aggregates and scattered along shorelines and cypress trees and just out from shorelines in the main lake and were hitting live crickets and worms, flies, and small tubes and jigs. We may possibly get another small bluegill spawn on the upcoming full moon. Some bass and pickerel were on lily pad flats and along shorelines in lower reaches of major creeks and in shallow bays and some shorelines in the main lake, while other bass and a few pickerel were on deeper flats and channel edges in the main lake. Bass and pickerel were hitting live minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, and jigs, with some topwater action early on many days.

Fishing with Capt. Conway, Tom Porter had 33 bluegill, 3 crappie, 1 gar, and 2 bass. David and Jacob Madren had 6 crappie and 1 bullhead. Scott and Ellen Agner and Carolyn Conway had 24 bluegill, 1 shellcracker, 1 yellow perch, and 3 bass.