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Todd Auten

Todd Auten

Info

Hometown Gastonia, North Carolina
Age 58
Former Occupation Automobile mechanic

Stats

Years Pro 25
Top 10 Finishes (Wins)* 39 (1) As of 9/16/2020
Career Earnings* $1.27 million As of 9/16/2020
Current World Rank 173
Current Bassmaster Standing 81 (117 points)
Best Finish in 2024 47 - Harris Chain of Lakes, 4/11/2024
Best Finish in 2023 32 - Lake Murray, 4/20/2023
Last 3 Finishes 47 - Harris Chain of Lakes, 4/11/2024
72 - Lake Fork, 2/29/2024
76 - Toledo Bend Reservoir, 2/22/2024
Bassmaster Classics Fished (Won) 4 (0) As of 9/16/2020
REDCREST Championships Fished (Won) 6 (0) As of 9/16/2020

Angling Stuff

Angling Hero Rick Clunn – "His accomplishments are just way beyond everybody else's." Kevin VanDam – "He has just jumped in there and gotten it done. He's good."
Home Lake Wylie (NC/SC)
Favorite Lake Lake Champlain (NY/VT) - "When I get up there and get around that grass, I feel like I can catch fish. And those smallmouth eat a fast spinnerbait well, and that's my style of fishing."
Least Favorite Lake Lake Fontana (NC) - "I've fished a couple of tournaments there and it's like I can only catch one fish over 2 days. I can't catch them up there."
Favorite Technique Fishing a spinnerbait fast, also throwing a Chatterbait
Primary Fishing Strength Docks
Secondary Fishing Strength Slow-rolling a spinnerbait
Biggest Weakness Finesse-fishing
Boat Ranger
Motor Mercury
Fishing Sponsors LIVETARGET, Limit Fishing Products, Costa, Mercury, Garmin, Power-Pole, Zoom Bait Co., T-H Marine Products
Tow Vehicle (Sponsor) Toyota Tundra

Personal Stuff

Favorite Food Grilled filet mignon - "I like to cook it myself."
Favorite Music Rock 'n' roll (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Favorite Book/Movie Star Wars (movie)
When Not Fishing "I like playing my guitar. I got one about a year ago and I like to pick it up and learn a little here and there."
Why He Fishes "I grew up doing it. My cousin got me hooked on it. He needed someone to go with him and I went every chance I got. That just got me hooked."
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Tournament Finishes
(Only recent tournaments are included. Not necessarily a career listing.)
Date Tour Event Place
6/2/2004 E50 Alabama River 4  
2/11/2004 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 176  
2/12/2003 FLW Atchafalaya Basin 29  
4/27/2017 FLWT Beaver Lake 129  
4/14/2016 FLWT Beaver Lake 128  
4/23/2015 FLWT Beaver Lake 151  
4/11/2013 FLWT Beaver Lake 128  
4/26/2012 FLWT Beaver Lake 92  
3/3/2011 FLWT Beaver Lake 17  
5/17/2007 FLWT Beaver Lake 137  
4/5/2006 FLWT Beaver Lake 182  
3/31/2004 FLW Beaver Lake 177  
4/9/2003 FLW Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open) 74  
8/22/2019 BElite Cayuga Lake 55  
5/1/2008 BElite Clarks Hill 102  
8/23/2012 FLWT Detroit River 85  
7/12/2007 FLWT Detroit River 105  
4/3/2008 BElite Falcon Lake 97  
4/21/2010 FLWT Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes 96  
3/29/2007 FLWT Fort Loudoun-Tellico 26  
6/6/2013 FLWT Grand Lake 12  
3/6/2008 BElite Harris Chain 89  
2/3/2005 BT Harris Chain 108  
4/11/2024 BElite Harris Chain of Lakes 47  
2/17/2022 BElite Harris Chain of Lakes 70  
2/22/2018 FLWT Harris Chain of Lakes 143  
3/9/2017 FLWT Harris Chain of Lakes 145  
1/29/2004 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 114  
1/9/2003 BT Harris Chain of Lakes 51  
9/10/2003 FLW* James River 24  
5/17/2018 FLWT Kentucky Lake 68  
6/9/2016 FLWT Kentucky Lake 57  
6/7/2012 FLWT Kentucky Lake 88  
6/16/2011 FLWT Kentucky Lake 58  
6/3/2009 BElite Kentucky Lake 53  
6/12/2008 BElite Kentucky Lake 58  
5/10/2006 FLWT Kentucky Lake 100  
5/12/2004 FLW Kentucky Lake 145  
5/14/2003 FLW Kentucky Lake 45  
3/12/2009 BElite Lake Amistad 51  
4/10/2008 BElite Lake Amistad 48  
8/17/2023 BElite Lake Champlain 89  
7/8/2021 BElite Lake Champlain 74  
7/30/2020 BElite Lake Champlain 20  
6/23/2016 FLWT Lake Champlain 31  
6/28/2012 FLWT Lake Champlain 54  
6/21/2006 FLWT Lake Champlain 121  
6/23/2004 FLW Lake Champlain 114  
6/19/2002 FLW Lake Champlain 5  
4/7/2022 BElite Lake Chickamauga 52  
10/16/2020 BElite Lake Chickamauga 4  
6/11/2015 FLWT Lake Chickamauga 50  
6/27/2013 FLWT Lake Chickamauga 10  
4/14/2011 FLWT Lake Chickamauga 30  
10/1/2010 TTBC Lake Conroe 8  
4/12/2018 FLWT Lake Cumberland 110  
4/6/2017 FLWT Lake Cumberland 52  
5/3/2006 FLWS Lake Cumberland 100  
3/26/2009 BElite Lake Dardanelle 47  
4/14/2004 E50 Lake Dardanelle 15  
7/31/2008 BElite Lake Erie/Niagara River 93  
6/10/2020 BElite Lake Eufaula 32  
5/14/2015 FLWT Lake Eufaula 59  
5/16/2013 FLWT Lake Eufaula 30  
3/18/2004 BT Lake Eufaula 64  
3/6/2003 BT Lake Eufaula 25  
5/8/2002 BT Lake Eufaula 8  
2/29/2024 BElite Lake Fork 72  
5/19/2022 BElite Lake Fork 11  
4/22/2021 BElite Lake Fork 72  
11/5/2020 BElite Lake Fork 48  
5/2/2019 BElite Lake Fork 52  
5/9/2014 TTBC Lake Fork 38  
5/20/2021 BElite Lake Guntersville 44  
9/30/2020 BElite Lake Guntersville 27  
3/6/2020 BElite Lake Guntersville 2  
6/21/2019 BElite Lake Guntersville 55  
2/2/2017 FLWT Lake Guntersville 53  
6/23/2010 FLWT Lake Guntersville 74  
5/7/2009 BElite Lake Guntersville 66  
2/24/2005 BT Lake Guntersville 61  
2/26/2004 BT Lake Guntersville 78  
4/10/2002 BT Lake Guntersville 67  
4/4/2019 BElite Lake Hartwell 28  
3/17/2016 FLWT Lake Hartwell 26  
3/8/2012 FLWT Lake Hartwell 4  
3/24/2011 FLWT Lake Hartwell 14  
2/22/2008 BElite Lake Hartwell 34  
2/14/2019 BElite Lake Lanier 5  
3/8/2018 FLWT Lake Lanier 160  
8/5/2010 FLWT Lake Lanier 42  
3/8/2006 FLWS Lake Lanier 83  
4/20/2023 BElite Lake Murray 32  
5/15/2008 BElite Lake Murray 70  
3/12/2003 FLW Lake Murray 85  
3/24/2010 FLWT Lake Norman 25  
4/26/2007 FLWT Lake Norman 109  
3/17/2005 BT Lake Norman 88  
8/18/2022 BElite Lake Oahe 57  
10/11/2006 FLWS Lake of the Ozarks 11  
2/16/2023 BElite Lake Okeechobee 100  
1/25/2018 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 163  
2/4/2016 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 26  
2/7/2013 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 152  
2/9/2012 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 16  
2/3/2011 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 58  
1/18/2006 FLWT Lake Okeechobee 108  
1/21/2004 FLW Lake Okeechobee 102  
1/22/2003 FLW Lake Okeechobee 57  
1/16/2003 BT Lake Okeechobee 126  
8/7/2008 BElite Lake Oneida 74  
8/20/2015 FLWT- FWC Lake Ouachita 15  
8/11/2011 FLWT Lake Ouachita 6  
5/26/2010 FLWT Lake Ouachita 25  
8/2/2007 FLWT Lake Ouachita 36  
7/21/2011 FLWT Lake Pickwick 50  
6/11/2021 BElite Lake Ray Roberts 14  
2/23/2023 BElite Lake Seminole 83  
2/6/2003 BT Lake Seminole 11  
2/6/2002 BT Lake Seminole 139  
7/27/2023 BElite Lake St. Clair 98  
8/20/2020 BElite Lake St. Clair 37  
9/28/2019 BElite Lake St. Clair 23  
6/28/2018 FLWT Lake St. Clair 126  
8/22/2001 BT Lake St. Clair 47  
9/19/2019 BElite Lake Tenkiller 9  
3/5/2015 FLWT Lake Toho 88  
3/13/2008 BElite Lake Toho 67  
1/27/2005 BT Lake Toho 74  
12/12/2001 BT Lake Toho 45  
2/16/2017 FLWT Lake Travis 24  
2/15/2007 FLWT Lake Travis 73  
4/2/2009 BElite Lake Wheeler 15  
6/5/2008 BElite Lake Wheeler 20  
5/11/2023 BElite Lay Lake 91  
3/26/2015 FLWT Lewis Smith Lake 57  
3/7/2013 FLWT Lewis Smith Lake 148  
11/15/2006 FLWS Lewis Smith Lake 63  
8/1/2003 BT* Louisiana Delta 13  
8/26/2022 BElite Mississippi River 73  
5/18/2017 FLWT Mississippi River 4  
6/11/2009 BElite Mississippi River 33  
5/6/2021 BElite Neely Henry Lake 10  
6/16/2004 E50 Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers 38  
6/26/2008 BElite Old Hickory 23  
5/31/2006 FLWS Old Hickory Lake 35  
3/10/2004 FLW Old Hickory Lake 118  
8/13/2009 BElite Oneida Lake 34  
6/2/2022 BElite Pickwick Lake 82  
3/18/2021 BElite Pickwick Lake 42  
5/5/2016 FLWT Pickwick Lake 31  
3/1/2006 FLWT Pickwick Lake 9  
6/15/2017 FLWT Potomac River 34  
6/25/2015 FLWT Potomac River 134  
5/17/2012 FLWT Potomac River 69  
6/14/2007 FLWT Potomac River 74  
5/19/2011 FLWT Red River 122  
10/31/2001 BT Red River 72  
6/1/2023 BElite Sabine River 33  
4/8/2021 BElite Sabine River 86  
3/20/2003 BT Santee Cooper 85  
4/27/2023 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 73  
3/17/2022 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 43  
10/8/2020 BElite Santee Cooper Lakes 48  
3/25/2004 BT Santee Cooper Lakes 86  
4/26/2018 FLWT Smith Lake 9  
2/5/2004 BT Smith Lake 25  
4/23/2009 BElite Smith Mountain Lake 77  
2/10/2022 BElite St. Johns River 71  
2/11/2021 BElite St. Johns River 94  
2/6/2020 BElite St. Johns River 17  
2/7/2019 BElite St. Johns River 49  
8/24/2023 BElite St. Lawrence River 62  
7/14/2022 BElite St. Lawrence River 36  
7/15/2021 BElite St. Lawrence River 42  
7/23/2020 BElite St. Lawrence River 64  
8/15/2019 BElite St. Lawrence River 67  
3/3/2005 BT Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill) 73  
3/29/2012 FLWT Table Rock Lake 53  
3/3/2010 FLWT Table Rock Lake 19  
3/31/2005 BT Table Rock Lake 49  
3/4/2004 BT Table Rock Lake 5  
2/25/2021 BElite Tennessee River 38  
5/19/2004 E50 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 13  
2/20/2003 BT Toledo Bend 140  
2/22/2024 BElite Toledo Bend Reservoir 76  
8/4/2016 FLWT- FWC Wheeler Lake 3  
6/18/2003 FLW Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open) 25  
4/11/2019 BElite Winyah Bay 35  


*BASS events (all events because BASS does not report Tour and Open earnings separately) and FLW Tour.

Biographical data last updated: 9/16/2020

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