Rainbow Lake Information
Location: Borderline of Pittsgrove, NJ. Salem County & Rosenhayn, NJ (Cumberland County)
Size: 76 acres
Depth: Shallow, with a maximum of 6 feet near the dam and in the middle.
Ramp and Parking: A parking lot was constructed in 2003. It can hold about a dozen rigs. A new concrete ramp was constructed in late 2007. It appears not much was done to deepen the area at the bottom of the ramp. Launching a dozen or more boats can be tricky, as the area adjacent to the ramp is small and, when crowded, can only be accessed by pulling out onto busy Landis Avenue which curves near the ramp.
Motor Limits: Electric trolling motors only.
Rules & Regulations: As a designated NJ Wildlife Management Area, a WMA tournament permit is required to hold a tournament with more than four boats or more than nine fishermen.
Comments: The State took possession of this lake in 2001, designated it a Wildlife Management Area, added a new parking area and moved in a portable toilet in the summer of 2002. More improvements, including a new spillway, are planned. This is a good lake for quantity and quality of bass. This lake has a history of problems with lakefront residents, especially the guy on the southeast corner of the lake on Rt 56, who has surveillance cameras and has been known to confront anglers. There have also been persistent problems with low water levels (due to that lakefront resident tampering with the spillway). Both of these problems were supposed to be eliminated with the
State takeover and the placement of a State employee in the house next to the launch ramp, but they haven't been. There is also a problem with large areas of matted algae bloom in the shallow portions of the lake in the summer.
Need for Morning Quiet?: Yes
Directions: Located on Rt 56 (Landis Avenue), between Vineland and Bridgeton, approximately 3 miles west of Rt 55 and 5 miles west of Rt 47 (Delsea Drive).
Club Record: 19.5" Largemouth bASS 7-19-2014 dAVE sNEDEKER
Note: The dam failed at Rainbow Lake in April of 2007 and the lake was drained. Construction on a new roadway, dam and ramp were completed in November of 2007. The lake was refilled in December of 2007 and fish were transferred to Rainbow from Harrisionville Lake in Spring of 2008.
Size: 76 acres
Depth: Shallow, with a maximum of 6 feet near the dam and in the middle.
Ramp and Parking: A parking lot was constructed in 2003. It can hold about a dozen rigs. A new concrete ramp was constructed in late 2007. It appears not much was done to deepen the area at the bottom of the ramp. Launching a dozen or more boats can be tricky, as the area adjacent to the ramp is small and, when crowded, can only be accessed by pulling out onto busy Landis Avenue which curves near the ramp.
Motor Limits: Electric trolling motors only.
Rules & Regulations: As a designated NJ Wildlife Management Area, a WMA tournament permit is required to hold a tournament with more than four boats or more than nine fishermen.
Comments: The State took possession of this lake in 2001, designated it a Wildlife Management Area, added a new parking area and moved in a portable toilet in the summer of 2002. More improvements, including a new spillway, are planned. This is a good lake for quantity and quality of bass. This lake has a history of problems with lakefront residents, especially the guy on the southeast corner of the lake on Rt 56, who has surveillance cameras and has been known to confront anglers. There have also been persistent problems with low water levels (due to that lakefront resident tampering with the spillway). Both of these problems were supposed to be eliminated with the
State takeover and the placement of a State employee in the house next to the launch ramp, but they haven't been. There is also a problem with large areas of matted algae bloom in the shallow portions of the lake in the summer.
Need for Morning Quiet?: Yes
Directions: Located on Rt 56 (Landis Avenue), between Vineland and Bridgeton, approximately 3 miles west of Rt 55 and 5 miles west of Rt 47 (Delsea Drive).
Club Record: 19.5" Largemouth bASS 7-19-2014 dAVE sNEDEKER
Note: The dam failed at Rainbow Lake in April of 2007 and the lake was drained. Construction on a new roadway, dam and ramp were completed in November of 2007. The lake was refilled in December of 2007 and fish were transferred to Rainbow from Harrisionville Lake in Spring of 2008.
