canoeingit, I've been fishing this lake regularly from shore, in face I was there yesterday (10/3). I generally just use bobber and worm and get quite a few fish, but they are all small. I also see a lot of trout on the surface like you are describing and many are wormy also. The few bigger ones I get seem to have very few or no worms on them. I don't know what causes the fish to have these but I have heard they are safe to eat (just gross to look at). I have in fact eaten a few myself. I just scrape away the worms on the outside during the cleaning process.

Hope this helps some and if you ever make it over to fish lake again let me know, I'd love to fish together.

Hey yooper.. I think maybe the ones that are really full of worms can't control their buoyancy anymore and that's why they are stuck at the surface. Just a theory... But man they really grossed me out... your braver than me by eating them ;) I made a pass at Fish lake before we headed to Walker. They water was much lower than I had ever seen it and I did not want to carry my canoe that far as my shoulders been bugging me.. but next time I head out the either one I'll give you a shout out.