i was fishing a small panther martin spinner when a bass hit it. it pulled half my rod into the water , bent 1 of the guides, and bent on of the hooks perfectly strait. he got off i never even got to see him.

have any of you ever had that hapen?

Not with bass, but with larger species, such as steelhead and northern.

Nope.

But I still remember the big ones that got away.

Really drives me nuts, too. 

Bent a hook striaght!? I wish.

Make sure you have the drag set correctly, and a fish will never straighten a hook again :-)

How do you know it was a bass if you never got to see it?

Yes.  Fly rod and small bream bug.  Fish just kept moving and straightened the hook right out. That was 40 years ago. I can still see the strike and the line moving to the left of the boat and the rod tip going into the water. I was just a kid and did not know what to do.  It was a thrill and a half.

Wondered what it was, couldnt be a bass.

That is a 3/0 Owner St-41 and a 150lb split ring. Use the frog for a size comparison.

THAT was a bad day. She did that to me right at the boat, then I had to dodge a 10" missile flying back at me, lol.

THAT was a bad day.

Huge understatement!  That sucks.