year 1 is amazingly easy to pass. i think i got up to year 5 before having to quit to save. If you are about to get snowed in just hit home and when you boot up the game again you get another shot at that year. I think i have seen a mushroom 2 out of every 3 times i've played the game since the update
Never seen one that big, that is ridiculous, and I've gotten to year 11. I guess it is just chance. But it is not the golden fish, the golden fish is just normal sized, gold colored, with ruby encrusted eyes. You can see it in one of my photo albums on my TA profile if you want
I got completely lucky on 10, found an oasis of fish in the first pond I rolled over. 11 is completely impossible, the other drivers are terrorists crashing into you 24/7 and theres only like 1 mini fish in every pond