Silver Lake is an almost circular, natural freshwater lake in

Lake County, Florida Lake County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 383,956. Its county seat is Tavares, and its largest city is Clermont. Lake County is included in the Orlando–Kissimme ...

. Silver Lake Drive surrounds the lake. Much of it is surrounded by residences and private boat and fishing docks, which dot the lake. On the northeast is Silver Lake Country Club, on the southeast is the Lake-Sumter State College campus and a flight line of Leesburg International Airport. Also, inside the end of the flight line is the Leesburg Dog Park. All of the lake is inside the city of Silver Lake, Florida. There is no public boat ramp or swimming beach. According to the Hook and Bullet website, this lake contains

panfish The word panfish, also spelled pan-fish or pan fish, is an American English term describing any food fish, edible freshwater fish that usually do not outgrow the size of an average frying pan. It is also commonly used by recreational fishing, re ...

and

bass (fish) Bass (; : bass) is a common name shared by many species of ray-finned fish from the large clade Percomorpha, mainly belonging to the order (biology), orders Perciformes and Moroniformes, encompassing both freshwater fish, freshwater and marine fi ...

.Hook and Bullete website, https://www.hookandbullet.com/travel/home/search/?location=silver+lake%2C+florida . However, since there is no public access to the shore, permission from landowners must be obtained prior to fishing here.

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Lakes of Lake County, Florida Lakes of Florida {{LakeCountyFL-geo-stub