The easiest bait station to set up is a simple suspended bucket. It won't take much effort on your part, and if the bears are already feeding in your area it won't take them too long to find it.

Take some steel cable and affix it to two trees like a clothes line. These two trees should be about six to eight feet apart, and your cable should be about six feet off the ground.

In the middle of this cable you need to attach a dropper hook. This doesn't have to be rocket science. A good dropper hook can be made a heavy "S" hook attached to the cable on one end, and then opened up to about an 80 degree angle on the other end.

As far as the actual bucket goes I would recommend a five gallon pail with a lid. I would take a few minutes to drill some air holes in the side of the bucket about two to three inches down from the top. This will help get the scent in the air, to attract bears to the bait.

When considering bait for your station you need to keep two things in mind, smells good and tastes good. A good mixture for bait is a combination of out dated pastries, molasses, and some peanut butter. If you leave the molasses and the peanut butter in the sun before mixing your bait you will find that it becomes much thinner in consistency, and it will allow you to really stir things up pretty easily. I personally try not to break the donuts when mixing bait, but I don't think that it makes a difference.

After you fill your bucket half full of bait and hang it up on the hook, it would be a good idea to add some more scent to the area. Draw an imaginary six foot circle around your baitbucket and saturate the soil there with a few gallons of well used fryer grease. When a bear eats at your bucket he will get the grease on his feet and leave an easy to follow scent trail to and from the bait which other bears will follow. You should also do a honey burn to get new bears into the area. Clear a small patch of leaf litter down to the damp soil and set up a small propane tank and a burner. Then place a coffee can full of honey on top of the burner and heat it until all of the honey burns off and saturates the area with sweet honey smoke.

After all of this you have to consider your stand or blind location. Just try to keep the wind blowing toward you from the bait, and try to remain as camouflaged as possible.

Good luck!