I have been visiting Padden every week or so in the evening, and the bite from shore is slow but steady. I can't find any catfish yet this year, and there seem to be fewer perch and sunfish around, but the trout bite is always there. I was fishing one worm from a bobber and one inflated worm on about a 6 foot leader with a slip weight. The bobber got 1 rainbow, the other rig got 1 rainbow and a 14 inch cutthroat, which is one of my biggest cutts from this lake. It's belly was full of perch guts.