| Name |
Rainbow Lake
|
| 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. Our club puts orange traffic cones out on Landis Avenue to
warn oncoming motorists of the activity ahead.
|
| 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. Our club's record lunker (6.70 lbs) was
caught
here. 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.
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.
|
| 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). |
| Links |
Map
of Surrounding Area
Photo of Ramp Area
Lake
Records
Lake
History
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