There are several ingredients that go into making Silver a great tournament location.

Of course the first is a very healthy panfish population, with bluegills within an easy walk of the state launch and big perch just a bit further out.
A very fishermen friendly community, along with great scenery and snowmobiling also helps.

For those of you that will be spending several days in the Silver Lake area, I can recommend at a drive thru of Letchworth State Park or some pike or walleye fishing on Silver Lake. Pike are fairly easy to find in the weeds at the southern end of the lake and while the walleyes are tricky, they are there in very good numbers and size.

For general information on all that this area has to offer, visit http://www.wyomingcountyny.com 

Another aspect is that there is plenty of information about the fishing on-line, as an example
http://www.1silverlake.com/Silver-Lake-New-York-NY.htm