When you are using a drop shot, do you hook the bait with a small weedless hook, or do you hook it through the nose?

When fishing in open water, I like Owner Mosquito hooks and center poke in the nose, where the hook point goes straight into the nose and out the top.  In weeds, I use their offset weedless Down Shot hooks.  For magnum style or "cannonballing" pads and slop, I use an offset hook appropriate for the bait, usually Owner Round Bend or Wide Gap Plus.

Personally, I tend to use a small circle or octopus hook for drop shottin - but I have also used hooks as large as 3/0 EWG - a lot of it depends on what lure I am using and if there are lots of blue gill or crappie around that I want to discourage from messing with me.

not trying to steal the post but do you guys usually jig these right below the boat or cast out and retrieve very slowly?

not trying to steal the post but do you guys usually jig these right below the boat or cast out and retrieve very slowly?

Well i don't have a boat so i have to cast and retrieve very slowly, works fine for me!

I use a #1 or #2 Gami drop shot hook. I always hook my finesse worm through the bottom of the nose about a 1/4 inch back, then out the top.  I've tried starting the hook through the front of the nose then out the top, but the worm just doesn't hang right for me.  I use both the Gami hooks and my hooking method for both dropping next to the boat and  for casting out.