Baiting An Area

Does anybody lay bait trails while stillwater fishing?
I think that a lot of anglers put all their bait on a dustbin lid size of area or slightly wider. Or simply have three or more feeding areas, and then go hopping from one to the other to try and find the fish, depending on the size of the water.

<u>But what about the waiting game style of angling?</u>

If you think of a letter (V) or (X).
Starting at the two or four widest points, A small scattering of baits would lead down to the apex of the (V) or (X) where you would want the main feeding area to be.
Has anybody ever done this or still do it? What were your results? I have only ever seen this done on one occasion, and the results were very good.
What do you think?

Do it most times Baz, specially when fishing small bars.

Always used to do it on the meres Baz

'Lay the table' and then have trails leading in to it ....

My normal would be:

\__
......\

(ignore the dots)

Thanks Wol.
I think this is a pattern I will use more often in the future.
My last four sessions, two of which were blanks, were fished on the table top style of baiting. (Think of a pinhead on a coffee table)

My last two sesions were slightly better, but still not good enough.
It makes sense to draw the fish to an area when fishing a large water.

The fish should be going on a feast now before the Winter, which means the amount of food we put in will have to change.
Would you say it is possible to use "less" bait when baiting in this fashion?

Can you elaborate on that Andy? would you fish a number of those areas or just one? (which one)?

Any idea on the amounts of bait to use Ed? I am talking of the Mere's.