First time Del valle

Thinking about going to Del valle this week in my inflatable kayak with a friend and dont know what tackle would be best. we will be trying to target stripers but anything is fine with us.( even no fish and a good day of paddling/relaxing) I work at a salt water tackle shop and we have some freshwater stuff but my question is whats the best? do hair raisers still apply? would any topwater baits be useful? if i wanted to bring bait would would be my best decision? any replies help especially from people who have had success there. thanks in advance guys(and gals of course!)

It has been a long time since I have fished Del Valle, but I used to have some good luck in the area just past (towards dam) Hetch Hetchy group camp.  There is a shallow bay there with a lot of structure: a drop off, a creek channel next to the camp ground, and a rocky cliff edge on the other end of the bay.  If you go there in the early morning, senkos work pretty good around the tullies and weed edges.  When it gets hot, fish deeper around that cliff edge and drop offs with carolina rig watermelon lizard (advice from Jim @ Waltons Pond that worked for me).  That is for LMB.  I never did catch a striper there.  I used to catch a trout here and there, but they were accidents while bass fishing.

I hope you have good luck!  By the way, my first kayak was an inflatable as well and I almost always fished del valle (I used to live in Livermore)