Unsure to bottle or not

TopherM said:

1.002 or 1.020?

1.002 is very dry.....

Either way, once a beer stops fermenting, it effectively starts bulk conditioning, so most experienced brewers will go ahead and leave it in the primary fermentor for 2-3+ weeks.

Be patient and let it sit for another 3-10 days and you'll be rewarded with better beer in the long run.

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Raenon said:

11 days is a rather short fermentation, especially for a true lager. Of course, if it's a "lager" that actually is using ale yeast, it's probably done.
When in doubt, the rule of thumb is 3 gravity readings in 3 days stable, it's done, but no harm will come from letting it sit on the yeast for another week or two if you're worried.

Now, for your readings specifically, 1.002 is VERY low for most beers, and suggests that it has more than fully fermented, perhaps even hyper attenuated (which would mean too dry)
If you are indeed using a lager yeast, I'd imagine that's a sign of fermenting too high, which could lead to some other off-flavors... only time will tell for sure.
At any rate, that almost certainly means that all the available sugars are gone, and the tiny bubbles you're seeing now is simply offgassing of the CO2 made during fermentation- it's basically just VERY lightly carbonated.

So yes, you should be okay to bottle if you want to, or let it hang out on the yeast for a bit longer for flavor cleanup- especially if you're really doing a lager.

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