What a wonderful trophy fish! A corker....a wallhanger fer sure...better'n most trout or salmon I've seen mounted.
I think large panfish really make some of the nicest and prettiest mounts by far...have your taxidermist mount it with some nice dri-ki or driftwood ...
That is one really nice fish!...congrats..
I once released a large Sunnie that went 13 1/2 inches and wished that I had mounted it... I swore that If I ever landed another one over 12 inches I'd get it mounted...unfortunately I never have caught another large one...