Marcel Van Den Eynde Ground Bait

Marcel van den Eynde, founder of Van Den Eynde groundbaits, is a World Champion Belgian International. He founded Van Den Eynde off the back of his World Championship victory in 1970, and the business has continued to grow from then on. It is now considered to be one of the biggest groundbait manufacturers in Europe.

Many who saw Marcel in the early days commented that he must have been born with fishing in his blood, and he was often seen down along the water - even when he should have been in school! He was soon picked up by the local fishing clubs and it was with them that he got his taste for competition. He was taken under the wing of a local regional angler, and began to tour the regional circuit as well as the local one. As a young angler, he was often asked by older anglers to organise baits for them to use in competitions. This was Marcel's first foray into the bait industry.