Shad's the preferred bait in Texas. With a cast net, its easy to get all you need, but they are difficult boogers to keep alive. Some of the boat buys install what is essentially an ICU unit for them. Oxygen is pumped into the live well. In a kayak , it almost impossibe to keep them alive, especially during the summer months. The preferred method for fishing stripers by most here seems to be lures. The Pet spoon in various sizes has been a standby, but Luhr Jensen was bought out by Rapala and Papala has discontinued the Pet. The problem in fishing for stripers is the damn white bass
If the bait or lure isn't big, they'll get it and all you can do is catch them and keep/eat the legal sized ones so they don't do it again.