Crossin Eyes,
A couple of other places to try for crappies that aren’t too far away for you are the Holcomb flowage and Chain and Island Lake up Hwy 40 north of Bloomer.
I know the Lake Holcomb FFA group has been putting fish cribs in the flowage and the DNR has been doing the same on the Island lake chain.
I have caught nice catches of crappie and panfish in the Island chain.