The island is relatively safe and few travelers encounter problems, but you should definitely take the normal precautions and not let the peacefulness get your guard down. Violent incidents are rare, but have happened in the past.
Carry a flashlight torch if you won´t be back before dark, getting lost in the jungle wouldn´t be fun for most people.
There are a lot of dogs running around the island, and while usually friendly, keep your eye on them.
fish
Fishing out of Little Corn is casual and often productive. No license required, just rods in PVC rod holders while trolling ballyhoo baits from an open 20 ft panga. Elvis and Alfonso can be contacted by asking in the village. Elvis charges $35 per person for a 3 hr trip. King mackerel, barracuda, and mahi mahi dorado are surprisingly abundant.
Little Corn Fishing Charters, [9]. www.littlecornfishing.com Fly Fishing & Sport Fishing– Little Corn island offers amazing, under pressured, and pristine fly fishing from the beach. Most anglers target Bone fish, Tarpon, and Permit. You can also target Barracuda and a variety of snapper and silver jacks from the shore. Casa Iguana offers a fly fishing guide/Instructor for up to 3 people at a time. You can choose from 3 options of 2 hours, 1/2 day or a full day of fishing. Prices range from $50.00/person - $200.00/person. There is some equipment on hand that is available for use with the guide but it is recommended that you bring your own.
Sport fishing tours are run from "Grendel," an open 26-foot center console super panga with two fighting chairs and bimini top to provide much needed shade. It's equipped with GPS, VHS, down rigger and high-speed planer. Generally, trolling in Little Corn is with rigged ballyhoo. Near the island coast about 5 miles out and closer, anglers chase after kingfish, sailfish, amberjacks, barracuda, African pompano, snapper and mackerel. The mahi mahi and yellow tail average around 30 pounds. The saifish is more common a catch than one would suspect. $50/person for 3 hours; min. 2 people; $10/person thereafter a steal compared to the exact same tours on the Pacific Coast costing 5 times as much; 2 trips daily. Ask for Chris at Dive Little Corn or Casa Iguana. No reservations required. Visa and MC accepted.
talk
Almost everyone on the island speaks both passable Spanish and English, the latter being the first language of most who are native to the island. The English spoken, however, is heavily Caribbean, and real communication can be far from effortless. There are many inhabitants who have come over from mainland Nicaragua and consequently speak Spanish as a first language, and others who speak Miskito and other Caribbean languages or dialects.