Like Beaver Hunter said, find a transition area to bait.
I prefer to put my baits on fringe areas. Preferably in poplar stands or big stands of spruce. You need the air to flow through the bait in order for bears to smell it. One year I stuck a bait down along a small lake in a spruce stand. Only ever got one bear in the bait. It was always cold and damp down there with no breeze. The next year I moved 250yds up on top of small poplar stand on the side of the hill down into the lake. Had tons of bears in there.
Scent is everything.
Also try not to let your baits go empty for too long. I can remember when I first started baiting, I never thought in a million years bears could eat as much as they do. It’s crazy. And I find if the bait sits empty for too long they just move on.
Baiting bears is a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.
Good luck
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