Apr 24, 2014 - Bassmaster just released its annual ranking of the country's top 100 bass lakes, and the list is fairly non-partisan.

It includes small lakes, the Great Lakes, rivers, deltas, bays and inlets, and all regions of the country are represented: the South, the eastern U.S., the Midwest, the western states.

Read about the 2014 rankings, and see a gallery of the full list.

In the meantime, here's the Bassmaster top 5 for 2014:

1. Sturgeon Bay on Lake Michigan, Wisconsin
2. Clear Lake, California
3. Lake Erie at Buffalo, New York'
4. Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
5. Lake Guntersville, Alabama