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3/14/1966

Todd Auten

Info & Stats
Angling & Personal Stuff
Tournament Finishes

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	166
Current Bassmaster Standing	85 (336 points)
Best Finish in 2024	19 - St. Johns River, 4/18/2024
Best Finish in 2023	32 - Lake Murray, 4/20/2023
Last 3 Finishes	77 - St. Lawrence River, 8/15/2024 94 - Lake Champlain, 8/8/2024 47 - Smith Lake, 6/27/2024
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
8/15/2024	BElite	St. Lawrence River	77
8/8/2024	BElite	Lake Champlain	94
6/27/2024	BElite	Smith Lake	47
6/13/2024	BElite	Wheeler Lake	80
5/9/2024	BElite	Lake Murray	88
4/18/2024	BElite	St. Johns River	19
4/11/2024	BElite	Harris Chain of Lakes	47
2/29/2024	BElite	Lake Fork	72
2/22/2024	BElite	Toledo Bend Reservoir	76
8/24/2023	BElite	St. Lawrence River	62
8/17/2023	BElite	Lake Champlain	89
7/27/2023	BElite	Lake St. Clair	98
6/1/2023	BElite	Sabine River	33
5/11/2023	BElite	Lay Lake	91
4/27/2023	BElite	Santee Cooper Lakes	73
4/20/2023	BElite	Lake Murray	32
2/23/2023	BElite	Lake Seminole	83
2/16/2023	BElite	Lake Okeechobee	100
8/26/2022	BElite	Mississippi River	73
8/18/2022	BElite	Lake Oahe	57
7/14/2022	BElite	St. Lawrence River	36
6/2/2022	BElite	Pickwick Lake	82
5/19/2022	BElite	Lake Fork	11
4/7/2022	BElite	Lake Chickamauga	52
3/17/2022	BElite	Santee Cooper Lakes	43
2/17/2022	BElite	Harris Chain of Lakes	70
2/10/2022	BElite	St. Johns River	71
7/15/2021	BElite	St. Lawrence River	42
7/8/2021	BElite	Lake Champlain	74
6/11/2021	BElite	Lake Ray Roberts	14
5/20/2021	BElite	Lake Guntersville	44
5/6/2021	BElite	Neely Henry Lake	10
4/22/2021	BElite	Lake Fork	72
4/8/2021	BElite	Sabine River	86
3/18/2021	BElite	Pickwick Lake	42
2/25/2021	BElite	Tennessee River	38
2/11/2021	BElite	St. Johns River	94
11/5/2020	BElite	Lake Fork	48
10/16/2020	BElite	Lake Chickamauga	4
10/8/2020	BElite	Santee Cooper Lakes	48
9/30/2020	BElite	Lake Guntersville	27
8/20/2020	BElite	Lake St. Clair	37
7/30/2020	BElite	Lake Champlain	20
7/23/2020	BElite	St. Lawrence River	64
6/10/2020	BElite	Lake Eufaula	32
3/6/2020	BElite	Lake Guntersville	2
2/6/2020	BElite	St. Johns River	17
9/28/2019	BElite	Lake St. Clair	23
9/19/2019	BElite	Lake Tenkiller	9
8/22/2019	BElite	Cayuga Lake	55
8/15/2019	BElite	St. Lawrence River	67
6/21/2019	BElite	Lake Guntersville	55
5/2/2019	BElite	Lake Fork	52
4/11/2019	BElite	Winyah Bay	35
4/4/2019	BElite	Lake Hartwell	28
2/14/2019	BElite	Lake Lanier	5
2/7/2019	BElite	St. Johns River	49
6/28/2018	FLWT	Lake St. Clair	126
5/17/2018	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	68
4/26/2018	FLWT	Smith Lake	9
4/12/2018	FLWT	Lake Cumberland	110
3/8/2018	FLWT	Lake Lanier	160
2/22/2018	FLWT	Harris Chain of Lakes	143
1/25/2018	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	163
6/15/2017	FLWT	Potomac River	34
5/18/2017	FLWT	Mississippi River	4
4/27/2017	FLWT	Beaver Lake	129
4/6/2017	FLWT	Lake Cumberland	52
3/9/2017	FLWT	Harris Chain of Lakes	145
2/16/2017	FLWT	Lake Travis	24
2/2/2017	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	53
8/4/2016	FLWT- FWC	Wheeler Lake	3
6/23/2016	FLWT	Lake Champlain	31
6/9/2016	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	57
5/5/2016	FLWT	Pickwick Lake	31
4/14/2016	FLWT	Beaver Lake	128
3/17/2016	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	26
2/4/2016	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	26
8/20/2015	FLWT- FWC	Lake Ouachita	15
6/25/2015	FLWT	Potomac River	134
6/11/2015	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	50
5/14/2015	FLWT	Lake Eufaula	59
4/23/2015	FLWT	Beaver Lake	151
3/26/2015	FLWT	Lewis Smith Lake	57
3/5/2015	FLWT	Lake Toho	88
5/9/2014	TTBC	Lake Fork	38
6/27/2013	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	10
6/6/2013	FLWT	Grand Lake	12
5/16/2013	FLWT	Lake Eufaula	30
4/11/2013	FLWT	Beaver Lake	128
3/7/2013	FLWT	Lewis Smith Lake	148
2/7/2013	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	152
8/23/2012	FLWT	Detroit River	85
6/28/2012	FLWT	Lake Champlain	54
6/7/2012	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	88
5/17/2012	FLWT	Potomac River	69
4/26/2012	FLWT	Beaver Lake	92
3/29/2012	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	53
3/8/2012	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	4
2/9/2012	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	16
8/11/2011	FLWT	Lake Ouachita	6
7/21/2011	FLWT	Lake Pickwick	50
6/16/2011	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	58
5/19/2011	FLWT	Red River	122
4/14/2011	FLWT	Lake Chickamauga	30
3/24/2011	FLWT	Lake Hartwell	14
3/3/2011	FLWT	Beaver Lake	17
2/3/2011	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	58
10/1/2010	TTBC	Lake Conroe	8
8/5/2010	FLWT	Lake Lanier	42
6/23/2010	FLWT	Lake Guntersville	74
5/26/2010	FLWT	Lake Ouachita	25
4/21/2010	FLWT	Fort Loudoun/Tellico Lakes	96
3/24/2010	FLWT	Lake Norman	25
3/3/2010	FLWT	Table Rock Lake	19
8/13/2009	BElite	Oneida Lake	34
6/11/2009	BElite	Mississippi River	33
6/3/2009	BElite	Kentucky Lake	53
5/7/2009	BElite	Lake Guntersville	66
4/23/2009	BElite	Smith Mountain Lake	77
4/2/2009	BElite	Lake Wheeler	15
3/26/2009	BElite	Lake Dardanelle	47
3/12/2009	BElite	Lake Amistad	51
8/7/2008	BElite	Lake Oneida	74
7/31/2008	BElite	Lake Erie/Niagara River	93
6/26/2008	BElite	Old Hickory	23
6/12/2008	BElite	Kentucky Lake	58
6/5/2008	BElite	Lake Wheeler	20
5/15/2008	BElite	Lake Murray	70
5/1/2008	BElite	Clarks Hill	102
4/10/2008	BElite	Lake Amistad	48
4/3/2008	BElite	Falcon Lake	97
3/13/2008	BElite	Lake Toho	67
3/6/2008	BElite	Harris Chain	89
2/22/2008	BElite	Lake Hartwell	34
8/2/2007	FLWT	Lake Ouachita	36
7/12/2007	FLWT	Detroit River	105
6/14/2007	FLWT	Potomac River	74
5/17/2007	FLWT	Beaver Lake	137
4/26/2007	FLWT	Lake Norman	109
3/29/2007	FLWT	Fort Loudoun-Tellico	26
2/15/2007	FLWT	Lake Travis	73
11/15/2006	FLWS	Lewis Smith Lake	63
10/11/2006	FLWS	Lake of the Ozarks	11
6/21/2006	FLWT	Lake Champlain	121
5/31/2006	FLWS	Old Hickory Lake	35
5/10/2006	FLWT	Kentucky Lake	100
5/3/2006	FLWS	Lake Cumberland	100
4/5/2006	FLWT	Beaver Lake	182
3/8/2006	FLWS	Lake Lanier	83
3/1/2006	FLWT	Pickwick Lake	9
1/18/2006	FLWT	Lake Okeechobee	108
3/31/2005	BT	Table Rock Lake	49
3/17/2005	BT	Lake Norman	88
3/3/2005	BT	Strom Thurmond Reservoir (Clarks Hill)	73
2/24/2005	BT	Lake Guntersville	61
2/3/2005	BT	Harris Chain	108
1/27/2005	BT	Lake Toho	74
6/23/2004	FLW	Lake Champlain	114
6/16/2004	E50	Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers	38
6/2/2004	E50	Alabama River	4
5/19/2004	E50	Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway	13
5/12/2004	FLW	Kentucky Lake	145
4/14/2004	E50	Lake Dardanelle	15
3/31/2004	FLW	Beaver Lake	177
3/25/2004	BT	Santee Cooper Lakes	86
3/18/2004	BT	Lake Eufaula	64
3/10/2004	FLW	Old Hickory Lake	118
3/4/2004	BT	Table Rock Lake	5
2/26/2004	BT	Lake Guntersville	78
2/11/2004	FLW	Atchafalaya Basin	176
2/5/2004	BT	Smith Lake	25
1/29/2004	BT	Harris Chain of Lakes	114
1/21/2004	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	102
9/10/2003	FLW*	James River	24
8/1/2003	BT*	Louisiana Delta	13
6/18/2003	FLW	Wheeler Lake (Forrest Wood Open)	25
5/14/2003	FLW	Kentucky Lake	45
4/9/2003	FLW	Beaver Lake (Wal-Mart Open)	74
3/20/2003	BT	Santee Cooper	85
3/12/2003	FLW	Lake Murray	85
3/6/2003	BT	Lake Eufaula	25
2/20/2003	BT	Toledo Bend	140
2/12/2003	FLW	Atchafalaya Basin	29
2/6/2003	BT	Lake Seminole	11
1/22/2003	FLW	Lake Okeechobee	57
1/16/2003	BT	Lake Okeechobee	126
1/9/2003	BT	Harris Chain of Lakes	51
6/19/2002	FLW	Lake Champlain	5
5/8/2002	BT	Lake Eufaula	8
4/10/2002	BT	Lake Guntersville	67
2/6/2002	BT	Lake Seminole	139
12/12/2001	BT	Lake Toho	45
10/31/2001	BT	Red River	72
8/22/2001	BT	Lake St. Clair	47

*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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