Chickahominy Lake: Fishing Reports
September 28, 2018
by Charlie Taylor Fishing
Bass, 2-6 pounds, and pickerel are taking live jumbo minnows, crankbaits and plastic worms. Yellow perch and catfish action is also good, with best baits being live minnows and chicken livers. Crappie action is excellent around dark at the dam, or by trolling the lake. Stripers, to 10 pounds, are being caught by bass anglers.
by Charlie Taylor Fishing
Bass, 2-6 pounds, and pickerel are taking live jumbo minnows, crankbaits and plastic worms. Yellow perch and catfish action is also good, with best baits being live minnows and chicken livers. Crappie action is excellent around dark at the dam, or by trolling the lake. Stripers, to 10 pounds, are being caught by bass anglers.
September 26, 2018
by edallens
Chickahominy Lake mid-day water temperatures were in the high 80’s to low 90’s in the main lake on Wednesday(9/26/2018). The lake level was about 7 inches above the top of the dam. The water was medium brown and clear in the central lake, but quite murky ondownwind shorelines.
Blue cats and bullheads were scattered on flats, along drop-offs, and in
channels in the main lake and in creeks and were hitting live minnows and
cut bait. Some crappie were on flats, on drop-offs and in channels in the
main lake, especially near wood cover. Activity varied, but more active
crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro
curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits.
Yellow and white perch were scattered or in loose aggregates on flats,
drop-offs, and channels in the main lake, and when active were hitting live
minnows, small swim baits, and small jigs.
Small to medium bluegill were
scattered along shorelines, and some larger bluegill and shellcracker were
slightly away from the shoreline in 2 to 8 feet of water, sometimes on
brushpiles or near floating islands or cypress trees. Bluegill were hitting
live worms and crickets, flies, Nikko nymphs, and small swimbaits. Several
large catches of large shellcrackers have been taken recently fishing
nightcrawlers on shorelines and shallow flats.
Some bass and pickerel werealong shorelines, on deeper flats, along drop-offs, or in channels in the
main lake and in creeks. When active, bass and pickerel were hitting live
minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, crank baits, jerk baits, and jigs.
by edallens
Chickahominy Lake mid-day water temperatures were in the high 80’s to low 90’s in the main lake on Wednesday(9/26/2018). The lake level was about 7 inches above the top of the dam. The water was medium brown and clear in the central lake, but quite murky ondownwind shorelines.
Blue cats and bullheads were scattered on flats, along drop-offs, and in
channels in the main lake and in creeks and were hitting live minnows and
cut bait. Some crappie were on flats, on drop-offs and in channels in the
main lake, especially near wood cover. Activity varied, but more active
crappie were hitting live minnows, Wright Bait Co. and Southern Pro
curlytail jigs, small tubes, Kalin crappie scrubs, and small swim baits.
Yellow and white perch were scattered or in loose aggregates on flats,
drop-offs, and channels in the main lake, and when active were hitting live
minnows, small swim baits, and small jigs.
Small to medium bluegill were
scattered along shorelines, and some larger bluegill and shellcracker were
slightly away from the shoreline in 2 to 8 feet of water, sometimes on
brushpiles or near floating islands or cypress trees. Bluegill were hitting
live worms and crickets, flies, Nikko nymphs, and small swimbaits. Several
large catches of large shellcrackers have been taken recently fishing
nightcrawlers on shorelines and shallow flats.
Some bass and pickerel werealong shorelines, on deeper flats, along drop-offs, or in channels in the
main lake and in creeks. When active, bass and pickerel were hitting live
minnows, spinnerbaits, swim baits, stick worms, crank baits, jerk baits, and jigs.
